Sterculia diversiflora (bottle tree) on West Colorado, Pasadena, ca.1906

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Photograph of 3 Australian bottle trees (Sterculia Diversifolia) along the curb on West Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, ca.1906. A low greenhouse is visible behind the trees which run from left to right across the image. Placards on a fence and a sign across the street read: "Hansens", "Chute's Park [...] Saturday [...] Oct. 5, grand production, Pinafore on the Lake, go people go, excellent cast, chorus of 40 voices, produced on real ship", ..."Joe Pohlim"..., ..."ade[...]est[...]staat[...]aymond [...]". These trees are native to Australia.

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Title Sterculia diversiflora (bottle tree) on West Colorado, Pasadena, ca.1906

Subject Botany (lcsh), Botany -- Trees -- Assorted (Identified) (file heading), Botany -- Trees -- Palm (file heading), housing areas (adlf), Pasadena -- General (file heading), Streets (lcsh), Trees (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Pasadena (city or populated place), USA (countries), West Colorado Street (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1906

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1906

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m6033

Identifier 1942 (accession number), CHS-1942 (call number), CHS-1942 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6133 (legacy record id), chs-m6033 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14234 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14288 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-6141 (legacy record id), 1-37-31 (microfiche number), 1-82-78 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6133

Unique identifier UC127972

Legacy Identifier CHS-1942.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.9 in × 14.4 in at 300dpi
48.1 cm × 36.7 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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