Russian thistle (Salsola Kali), or Ink weed, growing in the Colorado Desert, Imperial Valley, California, ca.1910

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Title	Russian thistle (Salsola Kali), or Ink weed, growing in the Colorado Desert, Imperial Valley, California, ca.1910
Description	Photograph of a Russian thistle (Salsola Kali), or Ink weed, growing in the Colorado Desert, Imperial Valley, California, ca.1910. "So called because when thrashed it stains wheat black". The large bush of Russian thistle resembles a dark cloud at center in a sea of sand. The plant is an indiscernible cluster of thin, stiff stems. Similar plants can be seen in the background.Photograph of a Russian thistle (Salsola Kali), or Ink weed, growing in the Colorado Desert, Imperial Valley, California, ca.1910. "So called because when thrashed it stains wheat black". The large bush of Russian thistle resembles a dark cloud at center in a sea of sand. The plant is an indiscernible cluster of thin, stiff stems. Similar plants can be seen in the background.
Subject (adlf)	valleys
Subject (file heading)	Imperial County -- General
Subject (lcsh)	Russian thistle Botany
Geographic subject (county)	Imperial
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1910
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1910
Type	images
Format	glass plate negatives
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	1996
Call number	CHS-1996
Microfiche number	1-82-80
Legacy record ID	chs-m7254; USC-1-1-1-7383; USC-1-1-1-14192; USC-1-1-1-14195
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-1996
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Archival file	chs_Volume57/CHS-1996.tiff

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