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Title
Composite of a horse-drawn wagon loaded with oversized potatoes
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Composite photograph of a horse-drawn wagon loaded with oversized potatoes described as "Sum spuds -- the Irish man's dream". A dog stands near the 2-horse team at left. A man wearing a fur hat is sitting in he driver's seat of the wagon holding the reins of the horses. Five potatoes each the size of a man sit on the flat bed of the wagon behind him. The designation on the side of the wagon reads "No. 1
[...] Baggage and Trans".... The wagon is parked beside a wooden fence adjacent to a two-story brick building.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
transparencies
photographs
Identifier
chs-m15733 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3090
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15733
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3090.jpg
Subject
Fruits & Vegetables (Potatoes)
Fruits & Vegetables
Potatoes
Trick photography
Transportation features
Place
California
USA
Source
1-83-38 [Microfiche number]
3090 [Accession number]
CHS-3090 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
chs-m265

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