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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Specimen of Bush sunflower (Eucelia californica), ca.1920
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Specimen of Bush sunflower (Eucelia californica), ca.1920
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Description
Photograph of a specimen of Bush sunflower (Eucelia californica), ca.1920. About half a dozen stems are shown, the stalks tucked into a vase below. On dark background.; "Description of Encelia californica: Perennial shrub, 3-4 ft. high, good large scale ground cover with 2 inch daisy, Native to Santa Maria to San Diego. Not frost tolerant, will recover from 27 deg. F. but will die to ground, at about 20 deg and you'll lose the plant. Beautiful cut flowers. Plant is short-lived and best if mixed with Ceanothus or Salvias for short-term fill-in with Quercus or Rhus planted for longer term." -- unknown author.
Asset Metadata
Title
Specimen of Bush sunflower (Eucelia californica), ca.1920
Subject
Botany -- Flowers -- Assorted
(file heading),
Flowers
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Temporal Subject
1920
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass plate negative, 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.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17393
Identifier
5480 (
accession number
), CHS-5480 (
call number
), CHS-5480 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-17390 (
legacy record id
), chs-m17393 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14212 (
legacy record id
), 1-82-196 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
17390
Unique identifier
UC142570
Legacy Identifier
CHS-5480.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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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