Cheeya (or chia) plant in desert terrain, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a cheeya (or chia) plant in desert terrain, [s.d.]. A small plant is shown in the dusty ground, extending upward. A single, long stalk thrusts upward from the center while shorter stalks surround it. A round can be seen cutting across the background. Back of photoprint reads: "Of the sage family. Grows 2 to 3 feet high. Dark [...] with brilliant blue flowers. The indian gathered the seed which has a nutty flavor and ground it for meal. Phil Jones. 7510 Claybeck Avenue, Burbank".

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Title Cheeya (or chia) plant in desert terrain, [s.d.]

Subject Botany -- Flowers -- Assorted (file heading), Deserts (adlf), Flowers (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 15 x 10 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)

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-m20201

Identifier 46039 (accession number), CHS-46039 (call number), CHS-46039 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20999 (legacy record id), chs-m20201 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14212 (legacy record id), USC (project), 84-1-2379 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20999

Unique identifier UC133772

Legacy Identifier CHS-46039.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.9 in × 25.2 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 64.2 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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