California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Close-up of a desert tortoise found 60 miles from water, ca.1920

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Close-up of a desert tortoise found 60 miles from water, ca.1920

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

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Photograph of close-up of a desert tortoise found 60 miles from water, ca.1920. The tortoise has mostly pulled into its shell. The tip of its snout, its fore legs and the claw of one of its hind legs are visible. On a neutral background.

Asset Metadata

Title Close-up of a desert tortoise found 60 miles from water, ca.1920

Subject Animals -- Reptiles -- General (file heading), Reptiles (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Arizona (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1920

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 1920

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-m16746

Identifier 4295 (accession number), CHS-4295 (call number), CHS-4295 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-16679 (legacy record id), chs-m16746 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14183 (legacy record id), 1-74-16 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 16679

Unique identifier UC141694

Legacy Identifier CHS-4295.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 12.9 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 32.7 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

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

Date Created 1860/1960