File:Barker the Black Hills Hermit at his cave, ca.1900 (CHS-2137).jpg

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Barker the Black Hills Hermit at his cave, ca.1900
Photograph of Barker (Baker?), the Black Hills Hermit standing in the opening to his cave -- a man who left the world behind after the death of the woman he loved to live in a cave. The cave opening is in a rocky outcropping on a scrub-brush covered hill. An animal pelt hangs from the barrel of a rifle leaning against the cave wall behind him. The bearded hermit is wearing rough clothing and leaning on a rifle.; "'Barker,' the Black Hills hermit. -- This extraordinary individual, a man of 'great vigor,' despite his many years, is a character one seldom sees in this busy world. He has lived in this cave, completely isolated from all human companionship, for many years. The only evidence of civilization in that rude habitation was an old faded picture of a young girl with a singularly beautiful face. Feeling instinctively that she was in some way connected with his former life, to my repeated questions, he finally disclosed to me the following narrative: 'You are right. I loved that girl; I love her yet. A few days before we were to be united she died. The world lost its charm for me; the old pleasant scenes I once thought so charming became intolerable. So vividly did everything remind me of her that I resolved to go away and live entirely alone. But who can tell,' he added with a mournful smile, 'when the inscrutable mists that veil the future are lifted, that I may once more see her again.' He would speak no more, and so I left him, pondering over by-gone memories that all these long years had not served to obliterate."
Call number: CHS-2137
Photographer:
C. C. Pierce  (1861–1946)  wikidata:Q61995887
 
Alternative names
Charles C.
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 22 November 1861 Edit this at Wikidata 7 November 1946 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Springfield
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q61995887
:Filename: CHS-2137
Coverage date: circa 1900
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: 2137
Microfiche number: 1-111-; 1-70-49
Archival file: chs_Volume92/CHS-2137.tiff
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Geographic subject (country): USA
Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Subject (adlf): caves
Project: USC
Repository email: specol@usc.edu
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: circa 1900
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs
Geographic subject (state): South Dakota
Legacy record ID: chs-m15333; USC-1-1-1-14114
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Subject (file heading): Mining -- Miners -- "Barker the Black Hills hermit"
Subject (lcsh): Mines and mineral resources; Hermits
Subject: Barker
Date circa 1900
date QS:P,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Source http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/14162
Author
C. C. Pierce  (1861–1946)  wikidata:Q61995887
 
Alternative names
Charles C.
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 22 November 1861 Edit this at Wikidata 7 November 1946 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Springfield
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q61995887

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