A boy riding on a Victoria Cruziana water lily pad in the middle of the pond, Huntington Gardens, San Marino, ca.1920

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Photograph of a boy riding on a Victoria Cruziana water lily pad in the middle of the pond, Huntington Gardens, San Marino, ca.1920. A variety of water lilies and plants populate the pond. Rocks surround the shores of the pond.; "The largest water lilies are those of the tropical South American genus Victoria, comprising two species of giant water lilies. The leaf margins of both the Amazon, or royal, water lily (V. amazonica; formerly V. regia) and the Santa Cruz water lily (V. cruziana) have upturned edges, giving each thickly veined leaf the appearance of a large, shallow pan 60 to 180 centimetres (about 2 to 6 feet) across and accounting for its common name, water platter. The fragrant flowers of Victoria have 50 or more petals and are 18 to 46 centimetres (about 7 to 18 inches) wide. They open white toward evening and shade to pink or reddish two days later before they wither, to be replaced by a large berrylike fruit. Water lilies provide food for fish and wildlife but sometimes cause drainage problems because of their rapid growth. Many varieties have been developed for ornamental use in garden pools and conservatories." -- unknown author.

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Title A boy riding on a Victoria Cruziana water lily pad in the middle of the pond, Huntington Gardens, San Marino, ca.1920

Subject Botany (lcsh), Botany -- Flowers -- Water lillies (file heading), Botany -- General (file heading), Flowers (lcsh), Gardens (lcsh), Huntington Gardens (subject), Lakes (adlf), Lotus (lcsh), Ponds (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Franklin Avenue (roadway), Hollywood (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), San Marino (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1920

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14146

Identifier 6010 (accession number), CHS-6010 (call number), CHS-6010 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13702 (legacy record id), chs-m14146 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14307 (legacy record id), 1-82-235 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13702

Unique identifier UC137880

Legacy Identifier CHS-6010.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.7 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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