Wisteria tree covering a house with its branches and leaves, San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, ca.1920

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Photograph of a wisteria tree covering a house with its branches and leaves, San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, ca.1920. The tree, stemming from the center of the house, is leaning up against the left wall of the house and branching out wildly. Its branches and leaves cover the gables on the façade of the house. The house is surrounded by a picket fence. A building nearby displays an advertisement which reads: "[...] standard[...], [...]emo[...]".; "The deciduous trees or large shrubs are native to China and Japan. P. hispida, commonly known as the Epaulette Tree or Wisteria Tree, can be grown as a bush with a height of up to 12 feet or a tree, growing up to 50 feet high. The Epaulette Tree is covered in oblong leaves up to 8 inches in length. These trees begin to blossom when they are 8 to 10 feet high. In early summer, fragrant, creamy white flowers are borne in suspended clusters 4 to 9 inches long. These are followed by fuzzy seedpods that persist on the branches well into the winter." -- unknown author.

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Title Wisteria tree covering a house with its branches and leaves, San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, ca.1920

Subject Botany (lcsh), Botany -- Trees -- Wisteria (file heading), residential sites (adlf), Trees (lcsh), Wisteria (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1920

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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-m17425

Identifier 5627 (accession number), CHS-5627 (call number), CHS-5627 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17421 (legacy record id), chs-m17425 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14305 (legacy record id), 1-82-225 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17421

Unique identifier UC142482

Legacy Identifier CHS-5627.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 35.0 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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