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Title
Group of people camping with tents at Coyote Wells, ca.1900
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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 group of people camping with tents at Coyote Wells, ca.1900. In the center background, a group of five campers can be seen standing looking towards the viewer. An iron stove is visible next to the to the right. Farther to the right, two tents are visible. A few horses and donkeys are visible next to a carriage in the left. In the foreground, what seems to be a dirt road covers most of it. Scrub brush and scrub grass are the predominant vegetation in an extended area visible in the far background.
The Superstition Mountains can be seen in the horizon.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
20 x 25 cm., 16 x 21 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11304
USC-1-1-1-11454 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1983
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11304
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1983.jpg
Subject
Camping
Deserts
Donkeys
Horses
Tents
Stoves
Recreation--Camping
Camps
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California
Imperial
USA
Source
1-81-15 [Microfiche number]
1983 [Accession number]
CHS-1983 [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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