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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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A big palm tree (Sonora Filafera Robusta) in what appears to be a Mexican park, ca.1920
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A big palm tree (Sonora Filafera Robusta) in what appears to be a Mexican park, ca.1920

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Photograph of a big palm tree (Sonora Filafera Robusta, or, Washingtonia Robusta), Mexicao, ca.1920. The tree can be seen growing in a grassy lawn on a gentle slope beside the cement steps of a foot path. A water tap is sticking up near the steps. Other plants and trees grow thickly behind. 
Asset Metadata
Title A big palm tree (Sonora Filafera Robusta) in what appears to be a Mexican park, ca.1920 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1920 
Subject Botany  (lcsh), Botany -- Trees -- Palm  (file heading), Palms  (lcsh), Parks  (adlf), Trees  (lcsh) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place Mexico (countries) 
Temporal Subject 1920 
Type images
Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 22 x 17 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) 
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-m15610 
Identifier 2729 (accession number), CHS-2729 (call number), CHS-2729 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-14396 (legacy record id), chs-m15610 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14288 (legacy record id), 1-86-25 (microfiche number), USC (project) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 14396 
Unique identifier UC144154 
Legacy Identifier CHS-2729.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 12.3 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
31.3 cm × 41.1 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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