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Title
Small outboards landing to make camp on the shore of the Colorado River, 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 George Wharton James' party making camp after landing two small outboard boats on the bank of the Colorado River, ca.1900. One man stands in one of the boats looking out over the river. Another man walks inland on shore just beyond a severely leaning tree. Another man is bent over a campfire(?) in a copse of trees a little bit further inland. The unloaded camping gear sits on the ground nearby. Dead tree branches litter the shore in the foreground.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm., 21 x 26 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12711
USC-1-1-1-12864 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3440
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12711
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3440.jpg
Subject
Boats and boating
Rivers
Colorado River & Salton Sea
Camping
James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
Transportation--Water--Small outboard boats
Transportation--Water--Small boats and outboards
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California
USA
rivers: Colorado River
Source
1-61- [Microfiche number]
3440 [Accession number]
CHS-3440 [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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