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Drying figs, Kern County, June 22, 1928
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Drying figs, Kern County, June 22, 1928

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Photograph of drying figs in Kern County, June 22, 1928. The figs are spread out over shallow wooden trays across the ground at center. Empty trays are stacked behind them with dark trees just behind them and a ladder leaning on the pile. A wooden shed stands to the left of the empty trays with a small awning over its front wall. A field of tall plants lies on the far right. 
Asset Metadata
Title Drying figs, Kern County, June 22, 1928 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1928-06-22 
Subject agricultural sites  (adlf), Agriculture -- Crops -- Figs  (file heading), Fig  (lcsh), Orchards  (lcsh), Trees  (lcsh) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place California (states), USA (countries) 
Temporal Subject 1928-06-22 
Type images
Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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) 
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-m17622 
Identifier 35681 (accession number), CHS-35681 (call number), CHS-35681 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17612 (legacy record id), chs-m17622 (legacy record id) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 17612 
Unique identifier UC142411 
Legacy Identifier CHS-35681.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 18.9 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
48.0 cm × 33.9 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 
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