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Portrait of James A. Foshay (1856-1914) at his desk, ca.1902
Photograph of a portrait of James A. Foshay (1856-1914) at his desk, ca.1902. A telephone is attached to the corner of a roll-top desk behind him on a specially designed bracket. He sits in a leather upholstered desk chair reading a piece of paper in his left hand. He wears a full beard and moustache but is bald on the top of his head. His pince-nez spectacles sit on a letter on the desk in front of him. Foschay was Monrovia's first regular teacher and school principal, and later was Superintendant of Schools in Los Angeles. Legible writing includes: on telephone "1 A, 2 B, 3 C, 4 D, 5 E, 6 F, 7 G, 8 H, 9 I, 0 J", "Application for membership", letter on desk "Mark Keppel, Superintendent of Schools, Los Angeles County, California, [...], Hon. Jam. A. Foshay, President of the Fr[...], 841 [...] Figueroa St., Dear Sir and Brother[...], Owing to a [...] the meeting held in [...] I am informed [...] elected Dr. Knigh [...] the fact that I [...] at the [...] election of officers [...] I appeal to you [...] have me installed [...] Philips".
Call number: CHS-3763
Legacy record ID: chs-m5955; USC-1-1-1-6063; USC-1-1-1-13768
Photographer: Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Filename: CHS-3763
Coverage date: circa 1902
Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Type: images
Geographic subject (city or populated place): Monrovia
Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
Accession number: 3763
Microfiche number: 1-69-1; 1-90-210
Archival file: chs_Volume51/CHS-3763.tiff
Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Geographic subject (country): USA
Format (aacr2): 4 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm., 21 x 16 cm., 17 x 21 cm.
Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Subject (adlf): educational facilities
Project: USC
Repository email: specol@usc.edu
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: circa 1902
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs
Geographic subject (state): California
Subject (file heading): Los Angeles County -- Monrovia; Portraits -- F
Format: glass plate negatives
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Geographic subject (county): Los Angeles
Subject (lcsh): Schools; Teachers; School principals; Telephone
Subject: Foschay, James A.; Foshay, James A.
Date circa 1902
date QS:P,+1902-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Source http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/5965
Author Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946

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