Barrel cactus in bloom, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a barrel cactus in bloom, [s.d.]. Four spherical cacti stand at center with long, thick needles across their surfaces. Large, lightly-colored flowers emerge from the centers of the plants and decorate the dark exterior. A skeletal tree grows to the left of the cacti from the rocky desert terrain which surrounds them. Short, darkly-colored bushes speckle the background.; Photoprint reads "The famous barrel cactus in bloom. Each barrel is about 2 feet high and holds better than a quart of brackish water in its hollow center -- well protected by its spines of 3 to 5 inches long. Spines are pink while the 'cottony bloom' is pure white". Photoprint also reads: "Philip C. Jones. Troma, California. 7510 Claybeck Avenue, Burbank".

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Title Barrel cactus in bloom, [s.d.]

Subject Botany -- Cacti (file heading), Cacti, Yucca, Cereus (subject), Deserts (adlf), Plants (subject), Plants (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 16 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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20188

Identifier 46033 (accession number), CHS-46033 (call number), CHS-46033 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20005 (legacy record id), chs-m20188 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14203 (legacy record id), 84-1-2354 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20005

Unique identifier UC122493

Legacy Identifier CHS-46033.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.9 in × 11.2 in at 300dpi
43.0 cm × 28.4 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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