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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Egyptian lotus flower and seed pod "Sacred lily of the Nile", ca.1920
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Egyptian lotus flower and seed pod "Sacred lily of the Nile", ca.1920
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Description
Photograph of close-up of Egyptian lotus flower and seed pod "Sacred lily of the Nile" (Nelumbium Speciousum), ca.1920. A large blossom is shown at center, its petals striated and fibrous, a cup-like seed pod at its center. To the right, a larger pod is shown, while above, a pod of intermediate size can be seen. A closed lotus blossom is visible in the bottom left.
Asset Metadata
Title
Egyptian lotus flower and seed pod "Sacred lily of the Nile", ca.1920
Subject
Botany -- Flowers -- Assorted
(file heading),
Flowers
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Temporal Subject
1920
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 22 x 17 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
1920
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14294
Identifier
213 (
accession number
), CHS-213 (
call number
), CHS-213 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-14936 (
legacy record id
), chs-m14294 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14212 (
legacy record id
), 1-82-19 (
microfiche number
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
14936
Unique identifier
UC137667
Legacy Identifier
CHS-213.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
15.1 in × 19.6 in at 300dpi
38.4 cm × 49.9 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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