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Description
1992-2959. Bust-length portrait of Mary Austin, Author; name and date written below the image (Austin's signature?), embossed logo "Bangs" below. Mary Hunter was born in Carlinville, Illinois in 1868. In 1888 she received her B.S. in science from Blackburn College and in 1888 she moved with her family to the San Joaquin Valley, California. Life in various desert towns nurtured an interest in the desert's natural history and in the people living there. She proceeded to write various works on desert life, fiction with western themes and religious themes. Involved herself in the feminist, suffragist and birth control movements. Died in 1934. Also have negative: no. 5,744 (4 x 5 in.)
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print mounted on 12 x 9 1/2 board ; 8 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001387491CSL01-Aleph (DRA)VVW-0785
Language
English
Subject
Austin, Mary,, 1868-1934--Photographs Women naturalists--California--Photographs Authors Suffragists--California Feminists--California Photographic prints Portrait photographs
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