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California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Yucca plants in the Mojave desert near Death Valley, [s.d.]
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Yucca plants in the Mojave desert near Death Valley, [s.d.]
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Description
Photograph of Yucca plants in the Mojave desert near Death Valley, [s.d.]. Clusters of Joshua Trees (Yucca brevifolia) stand interspersed with clumps of low-growing grasses in the sandy desert. Small scrub brush and rippling sand are in the foreground, while mountains can be seen along the horizon.
Asset Metadata
Title
Yucca plants in the Mojave desert near Death Valley, [s.d.]
Subject
Botany -- Joshua Tree (Yucca)
(file heading),
Deserts
(adlf),
Deserts
(lcsh),
Inyo County -- General
(file heading),
Yucca
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
deserts: Mojave Desert
(geographic subject),
Inyo
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1910
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
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
1910
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.
Access Conditions
Send requests to address or e-mail given
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7340
Identifier
6814 (
accession number
), CHS-6814 (
call number
), CHS-6814 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-7480 (
legacy record id
), chs-m7340 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-7469 (
legacy record id
), 1-77-71 (
microfiche number
), 1-81-80 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
7480
Unique identifier
UC123469
Legacy Identifier
CHS-6814.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.2 in × 15.8 in at 300dpi
51.3 cm × 40.3 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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