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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photographic portrait of Newell Matthews (Mathews?), ca.1879. Mr. Matthews is pictured in bust. The top of his head is bald, and a long, grisly beard and mustache grow from his chin and jowls. He wears a three-piece suit, his watch chain visibly affixed to the second button in his vest. His eyes are large and expressive, and seem gentle. He appears to be in his early to mid-fifties. Picture file card reads: "Matthews came to Pasadena in 1877 and taught in the public schools until 1879".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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