Specimen of eighteen cacti fruits growing on the flat-jointed paddles of the prickly pear, ca.1920

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Photograph of 18 cacti fruits growing on the flat-jointed paddles of the prickly pear, ca.1920. Dangling pear-like fruit hangs from a single flap of cactus, set against a neutral background.; "Prickly Pear Cactus have been a staple food of Native Americans for many centuries. Their large, colorful blossoms appear in yellow, pink, red or purple and grow from the tip of cactus nodules, which later ripen into delicious red fruit. Many varieties of prickly pear cactus grow wild throughout the deserts of the Southwest, but many are not native. Some species of prickly pear cactus were introduced into North America from tropical America a number of centuries ago. The fruit of these cultivated prickly pear cactus is a common delicacy in Mexico and is sold in markets as "tuna." While all prickly pear cacti are of the genus Opuntia, the non-native Opuntia megacantha is one of the tastiest and most popular. Some native species, especially those with dark purple fruit, are not as flavorful." -- unknown author.

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Title Specimen of eighteen cacti fruits growing on the flat-jointed paddles of the prickly pear, ca.1920

Subject Botany -- Cacti (file heading), Cactus (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1920

Type images

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

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17449

Identifier 5691 (accession number), CHS-5691 (call number), CHS-5691 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17444 (legacy record id), chs-m17449 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14203 (legacy record id), 1-77-67 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17444

Unique identifier UC142571

Legacy Identifier CHS-5691.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.5 in × 16.8 in at 300dpi
34.2 cm × 42.8 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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