California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Yucca whipplei plant (Spanish Dagger) in unidentified desert terrain, [s.d.]

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Yucca whipplei plant (Spanish Dagger) in unidentified desert terrain, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a Yucca whipplei plant (Spanish Dagger) in unidentified desert terrain, [s.d.]. The tall stalk of the yucca is pictured just left of center, extending from a burst of spiky leaves at bottom. Dry grasses and smaller cacti fill the surrounding area.

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Title Yucca whipplei plant (Spanish Dagger) in unidentified desert terrain, [s.d.]

Subject Botany -- Joshua Tree (Yucca) (file heading), Cactus (lcsh), Deserts (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Type images

Format 1 photograph : 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)

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-m20273

Identifier 37041 (accession number), CHS-37041 (call number), CHS-37041 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-21070 (legacy record id), chs-m20273 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 21070

Unique identifier UC134181

Legacy Identifier CHS-37041.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.2 in × 18.5 in at 300dpi
33.6 cm × 47.0 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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