Joshua tree in the middle of a dirt road, [s.d]

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Photograph of a Joshua tree in the middle of a dirt road, [s.d]. A thick tree stands in the center of a dirt road just to the right of center. The tree has two thick bands around the trunk while the cactus-like leaves cover the branches. The tree casts a shadow to the right while wooden electrical poles line the left and right side of the road. Various desert plants can be seen on the left and right while a mountain is visible in the background.

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Title Joshua tree in the middle of a dirt road, [s.d]

Subject Botany -- Joshua Tree (Yucca) (file heading), Plants (lcsh), roadways (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), deserts: Mojave Desert (geographic subject), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 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-m20256

Identifier 46071 (accession number), CHS-46071 (call number), CHS-46071 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-21054 (legacy record id), chs-m20256 (legacy record id), 84-1-2198 (unidentified no.), 84-1-2199 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 21054

Unique identifier UC133783

Legacy Identifier CHS-46071.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 21.0 in × 17.8 in at 300dpi
53.4 cm × 45.2 cm at 300dpi

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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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