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Box 4

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Contains 41 Results:

Paul and "Scout", undated

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 32
Scope and Content From the Collection: This small collection of family papers centers around Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs (1827-1893) whose 1849 diary chronicles his account of moving from Ohio to California by covered wagon. Briggs was the great-great-grandfather of the collection's donor, Dr. Chester Ward. In addition to the diary, the collection includes a small account book/diary from 1862--also kept by Briggs--as well as a number of letters to and from family members and photographs of family members across multiple...
Dates: undated
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers / Photographs

Real photo postcards featuring family portraits, undated

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents

Five postcards without written correspondence.

Dates: undated
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers / Photographs

Snapshots featuring unidentified men and women, undated

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents

Six photographic prints. Only one is labeled: "Preaching the Gospel to Moros."

Dates: undated
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers / Photographs

Snapshots of landscapes and industry, 1915-1922, undated

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents

51 photographic prints. Most of the photographs are not captioned. For photographs that are labeled, captions include: "Barn. Valley covered in fog"; "Cabin from across the creek / cleared place shows location of mill"; "60a at Tulan"; "Joshua Tree"; "Crater Lake"; "Spring Valley from Piermont"; "Entrance to New Works"; "Wheeler Pk from Spring Valley." None of these images feature people, except for two that feature distant figures working in an industrial setting with a forge.

Dates: 1915-1922, undated
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers / Photographs

Unidentified group portraits, undated

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

Four photographs.

Dates: undated
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers / Photographs

Unidentified individual portraits, undated

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Four photographs.

Dates: undated
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers / Photographs

Unidentified tintypes, undated

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents

One individual portrait of a young woman and one group portrait of four young men.

Dates: undated
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers / Photographs

Wabash '00-'01, circa 1901

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

One group portrait.

Dates: circa 1901
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers / Photographs

Wade, Annie M., 1876

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 6
Scope and Content From the Collection: This small collection of family papers centers around Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs (1827-1893) whose 1849 diary chronicles his account of moving from Ohio to California by covered wagon. Briggs was the great-great-grandfather of the collection's donor, Dr. Chester Ward. In addition to the diary, the collection includes a small account book/diary from 1862--also kept by Briggs--as well as a number of letters to and from family members and photographs of family members across multiple...
Dates: 1876
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers / Photographs

Wade, Stephen J. and Harriet Ramsay Wade, circa 1860s

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Two individual portraits.

Dates: circa 1860s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers / Photographs
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