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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Lilium Humboldtie specimen, ca.1920
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Lilium Humboldtie specimen, ca.1920
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Description
Photograph of a Lilium Humboldtie specimen on a neutral background, ca.1920. The orange spotted maroon flower hangs down from the stem, and may grow as high as 10 feet but is usually 4 or 5 feet tall. One of the "grandest of the world's lilies".
Asset Metadata
Title
Lilium Humboldtie specimen, ca.1920
Subject
Botany -- Flowers -- Lilies
(file heading),
Flowers
(lcsh),
Lilies
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Temporal Subject
1920
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 18 x 13 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-m14981
Identifier
1291 (
accession number
), CHS-1291 (
call number
), CHS-1291 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-15615 (
legacy record id
), chs-m14981 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14219 (
legacy record id
), 1-82-56 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
15615
Unique identifier
UC143172
Legacy Identifier
CHS-1291.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
13.1 in × 17.0 in at 300dpi
33.4 cm × 43.4 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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