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Title
Men examining bad water in Amargosa River below Dante's Point, 279 feet below sea level, ca.1910
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1910
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 men examining bad water in Amargosa River below Dante's Point, 279 feet below sea level, ca.1910. Three men can be seen at right, looking at the shallow water. The two men at left are standing, while the third is squatting near the river. The river can be seen behind the men, while rugged, rocky ground can be seen in the foreground and the background. Far in the distance, tall mountains are visible.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m7338
USC-1-1-1-7467 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41232
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7338
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41232.jpg
Subject
Inyo County--General
Rivers
Water-supply
River
Time Period
circa 1910
Place
California
Inyo
USA
Source
41232 [Accession number]
CHS-41232 [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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