Portrait of Colonel Celso Vega, ca.1906 (CHS-1521)

Portrait of Colonel Celso Vega, ca.1906
Photograph of a posed Colonel Celso Vego, ca.1906. He can be seen from the lap up. He is sitting in a chair with his right hand inside his partially unbuttoned uniform jacket, while his left hand is laying in his lap. He wears a dark handlebar moustache and his short dark hair is combed back from his forehead. Epaulets on his shoulders each have one star on them. He was on the staff of General Luis Torres. He was born in 1851 and was 2nd in command to the local politician, or "jefe polAtico", of the Northern District, Baja California, beginning 1903.
Call number: CHS-1521
Filename: CHS-1521
Coverage date: circa 1906
Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Format: glass plate negatives
Type: images
Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
Accession number: 1521
Microfiche number: 1-224-; 1-90-689
Archival file: chs_Volume92/CHS-1521.tiff
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Geographic subject (country): USA
Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm.
Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Subject (adlf): military areas
Project: USC
Repository email: [email protected]
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: circa 1906
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs
Geographic subject (state): California
Legacy record ID: chs-m15073; USC-1-1-1-13986
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Subject (file heading): Vega, Celso
Subject (lcsh): Soldiers; Men
Subject: Vega, Celso