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Title
Portrait of John Wolfskill
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 an engraving(?) of a portrait of John Reid Wolfskill, [s.d.]. He can be seen from the chest up facing straight ahead with his shoulders turned slightly to the left. He has a full beard and mustache, while his short hair is combed to the left. He is wearing a three-piece suit with long tie. Wolfskill was the first American white settler in Solano County. A noted fruit grower and cattleman, he settled in California in 1842.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : negative, photoprint, b&w
25 x 20 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m15043
USC-1-1-1-13995 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1478
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15043
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1478.jpg
Subject
Men
Portraits
Ranchers
Farmers
Wolfskill
Wolfskill, John Reid, 1804-1897
Place
California
USA
Source
1478 [Accession number]
CHS-1478 [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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