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Title
View of the Martha Washington Rock, Colfax, Washington, ca.1900-1915
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900/1915
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 view of the Martha Washington Rock, Colfax, Washington, ca.1900-1915. The upside-down pear-shaped rock is situated near the edge of a cliff. The texture of the rock is very coarse. The cliff area is rocky. Trees dot the landscape in the background. "The big rock was named Martha Washington Rock because it had the shape of Martha Washington's profile." -- unknown author.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : photoprints, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17552
USC-1-1-1-14071
USC-1-1-1-14308 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-5968
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17552
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-5968.jpg
Subject
Natural features--Rock formations
Washington
Rocks
Natural rock formations
Time Period
circa 1900/1915
Place
Colfax
USA
Washington
Whitman
Source
1-80-43 [Microfiche number]
5968 [Accession number]
CHS-5968 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 21328 [Identifying number]
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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