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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Swath of desert primroses in the Mojave Desert, [s.d.]
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Swath of desert primroses in the Mojave Desert, [s.d.]
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Description
Photograph of a swath of desert primroses in the Mojave Desert, [s.d.]. The squat flowers, each with eight petals, are shown stopping just short of a section of arid ground along the bottom edge of the image. They extend back towards other greenery in the distance.
Asset Metadata
Title
Swath of desert primroses in the Mojave Desert, [s.d.]
Subject
Botany
(lcsh),
Botany -- Flowers -- Fields
(file heading),
Deserts
(adlf),
Flowers
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
deserts: Mojave Desert
(geographic subject),
USA
(countries)
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : photoprints, b&w ; 19 x 26 cm., 12 x 17 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)
Creator
Skinner, Fred
(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-m20224
Identifier
46058 (
accession number
), CHS-46058 (
call number
), CHS-46058 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-21022 (
legacy record id
), chs-m20224 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14217 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
), 1-82-263 (
unidentified no.
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
21022
Unique identifier
UC133879
Legacy Identifier
CHS-46058.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.2 in × 12.9 in at 300dpi
46.3 cm × 32.9 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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