California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Group of twelve palm trees lined across the horizon in the Colorado Desert, northeast of Palm Springs near Indio, ca.1904

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Group of twelve palm trees lined across the horizon in the Colorado Desert, northeast of Palm Springs near Indio, ca.1904

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Photograph of a group of twelve palm trees lined across the horizon in the Colorado Desert, northeast of Palm Springs near Indio, ca.1904. The palms (Washingtonia Filifera) are visible along the horizon, spanning from left to right in front of a faintly visible mountain ridge. In the foreground, cracked, arid ground can be seen, speckled with scrub vegetation.

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Title Group of twelve palm trees lined across the horizon in the Colorado Desert, northeast of Palm Springs near Indio, ca.1904

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1904

Subject Botany (lcsh), Botany -- Trees -- Palm (file heading), Deserts (lcsh), Deserts (adlf), Palms (lcsh), Riverside County -- General -- Desert views (file heading), Trees (lcsh), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Riverside (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1904

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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)

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-m7902

Identifier 2285 (accession number), CHS-2285 (call number), CHS-2285 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8134 (legacy record id), chs-m7902 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14295 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-8029 (legacy record id), 1-86-40 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8134

Unique identifier UC124505

Legacy Identifier CHS-2285.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.8 in × 14.1 in at 300dpi
45.2 cm × 35.9 cm at 300dpi

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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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