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California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Desert primrose (sana verbena), ca.1900-1950
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Desert primrose (sana verbena), ca.1900-1950
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Description
Photograph of desert primrose (sana verbena), ca.1900-1950. A plant is visible growing along the ground throughout. Round bunches of small flowers can be seen at center, while multiple blooming flowers are visible right of center. A rock can be seen left of center. Photoprint reads: "Desert lily not yet in bloom".
Asset Metadata
Title
Desert primrose (sana verbena), ca.1900-1950
Subject
Deserts
(lcsh),
dunes
(adlf),
Natural features -- Parks -- Death Valley
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
deserts: Death Valley
(geographic subject),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1900/1950
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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)
Date Created
1900/1950
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-m20777
Identifier
8258 (
accession number
), CHS-8258 (
call number
), CHS-8258 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-24807 (
legacy record id
), chs-m20777 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14249 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
24807
Unique identifier
UC131133
Legacy Identifier
CHS-8258.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.4 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
52.0 cm × 41.4 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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