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Title
Drawing of a United States mail stagecoach in the 1850's
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1850
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 drawing by V. Perard (or Perley, or Peardey, or Cerasek) depicting a United States mail stagecoach in the 1850's, charging down a rocky mountain road in a forest. A driver and another man sit in the driver's seat of the stage pulled by a team of 4 horses. Drawing is from(?) Grant Jackson.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
26 x 20 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m11872
USC-1-1-1-12024 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2910
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11872
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2910.jpg
Subject
Coaching
Postal service
Transportation--Draft--Stage coaches (Illustrations)
Roadways
Time Period
circa 1850
Place
USA
Source
1-156-; 1-155- [Microfiche number]
2910 [Accession number]
CHS-2910 [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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