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Title
Dr. George Wharton James and five others pulling themselves across the Colorado Chiquito River by cable ferry, ca.1900-1903
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900/1903
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 Dr. George Wharton James and five (three men, two women) others pulling themselves across the Colorado Chiquito River (little Colorado River) by cable ferry, ca.1900-1903. Two covered wagons stand on the layered rocks in the background. The four men pull the slab of wood across a rope over the river while the women sit on the wood's edge.
Type
image
Format
5 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w
17 x 22 cm., 20 x 25 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12637
USC-1-1-1-12791
USC-1-1-1-13946
USC-1-1-1-14257 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1005
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12637
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1005.jpg
Subject
Ferries
Rivers
Horses
Wagons
Indians--Navajo
Transportation--Water--Ferries
Natural features--Parks--Grand Canyon--Colorado River--General views
James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
Time Period
circa 1900/1903
Place
USA
rivers: Colorado River
Source
1-121-5; 1-61- [Microfiche number]
1005 [Accession number]
CHS-1005 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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