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Title
Two old men, Owen Brown and Jason Brown, sitting on a rocky slope on Mount Wilson, 1887
Date Created and/or Issued
1887
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 two old men, Owen Brown and Jason Brown, sitting on a rocky slope on Mount Wilson, 1887. They both have long white beards. The man on the left (up the slope) sitting on a rock has no moustache, the other man is sitting on the ground and has a moustache. Both are wearing hats. Mountains are visible in the background. These are the last sons of John Brown, of Civil War fame.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 11 cm., 22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m13470
USC-1-1-1-13625 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1897
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13470
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1897.jpg
Subject
Brown, Jason
Brown, Owen
Men
Portraits--Br
Mountains
Time Period
1887
Place
California
USA
mountains: Mount Wilson
Source
1-70-88 [Microfiche number]
1897 [Accession number]
CHS-1897 [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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