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Title
Portrait of Major John Wesley Powell
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
Photograph of a portrait of Major John Wesley Powell, [s.d.]. He can be seen from the chest up facing straight ahead with his shoulders turned slightly to his right. He has a full long scraggly beard and moustache. His hair, combed back, sticks up on top of his head. He is wearing a three-piece suit. Powell, in 1860, was the first man to successfully explore the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16473
USC-1-1-1-13941 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3936
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16473
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3936.jpg
Subject
Men
Explorers
Powell
Powell, Major John Wesley
Place
California
USA
Source
1-91- [Microfiche number]
3936 [Accession number]
CHS-3936 [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
USC
chs-m265

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