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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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An acacia tree (Acacia melanoxylon), ca.1920
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An acacia tree (Acacia melanoxylon), ca.1920
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Description
Photograph of an acacia tree (Acacia melanoxylon), ca.1920. The tall tree towers above the little boy that sits beneath it under its shade. The dirt ground is littered with leaves. Other trees are visible in the background.; "The Acacia tree has a very sweet smell. The leaves are soft green and it bears yellow flowers. The tree was abundant in Egypt and was found in limited numbers in deserts of Arabia. The bark is gnarled and black and rough. The plant has angular, spreading branches and many sharp thorns. The Acacia family includes many species of small trees native to arid parts of Africa and Asia. Plantations of (Acacia nilotica), the Egyptian acacia, were a familiar sight in Upper Egypt in antiquity. This small, tough, thorny tree is a plant of many uses. The bark yields tannin acid, which Egyptian used to heal burns. Livestock fatten on the seed of the large pods. The tree's sap, variously described as either milky or reddish, is a source of gum acacia, or gum arabic. This edible gum has a long history of use in food, medicine, incense, paints, and glue. Contraception was also performed by the insertion of crocodile dung, gum acacia and natron into the vagina. Gum acacia when dissolved produces lactic acid, a very effective known spermicidal." -- unknown author.
Asset Metadata
Title
An acacia tree (Acacia melanoxylon), ca.1920
Subject
Acacia
(lcsh),
Botany -- Trees -- Acacia
(file heading),
Trees
(lcsh),
woods
(adlf)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1920
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, 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
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
(photographer)
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
Send requests to address or e-mail given
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17405
Identifier
5511 (
accession number
), CHS-5511 (
call number
), CHS-5511 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-17402 (
legacy record id
), chs-m17405 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14237 (
legacy record id
), 1-82-175 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
17402
Unique identifier
UC142369
Legacy Identifier
CHS-5511.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
15.0 in × 18.8 in at 300dpi
38.2 cm × 47.7 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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