Men performing tree surgery, San Gabriel grapevine, ca.1935

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Photograph of men performing tree surgery, San Gabriel grapevine, ca.1935. The wide tree stands at center with thick, twisted branches and pieces of wood holding it in place from either side. A man in overalls chops at the right side of the trunk with a shovel-like tool. A second man stands in a hole dug beneath the tree. He uses a pick and hammer to chisel at the surrounding earth. A building stands behind the tree in the background.

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Title Men performing tree surgery, San Gabriel grapevine, ca.1935

Subject agricultural sites (adlf), Agriculture (lcsh), Agriculture -- Crops -- Olives (file heading), Grapes (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), San Gabriel (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1935

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), 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 1935

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-m17636

Identifier 36012 (accession number), CHS-36012 (call number), CHS-36012 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17626 (legacy record id), chs-m17636 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17626

Unique identifier UC142423

Legacy Identifier CHS-36012.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.4 in × 18.6 in at 300dpi
34.0 cm × 47.2 cm at 300dpi

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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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