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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce exhibit of large fruits and vegetables, ca.1902
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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce exhibit of large fruits and vegetables, ca.1902
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Description
Photograph of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce exhibit of a collection of large fruits and vegetables ("Pomona Tower of Fruits and Vegetables"?) at the chamber exhibit room, ca.1902. A man in a 3-piece suit and a top hat stands in front of the pile with his right hand on a very long cucumber(?) with foot markings on it from 1 through 6 feet. Also included are pumpkins, various squash, corn, potatoes, etc. The man has been identified as a "midget". The background has been masked away so that only the exhibit itself is in the image.
Asset Metadata
Title
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce exhibit of large fruits and vegetables, ca.1902
Subject
Exhibitions
(lcsh),
Fruit trade
(lcsh),
Fruits & Vegetables
(subject),
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
(subject),
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
(subject),
Los Angeles City -- Chamber of Commerce
(file heading),
Plants
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Broadway & 4th Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1902
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
art
(aat),
glass plate negatives
(format),
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
1902
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15290
Identifier
2023 (
accession number
), CHS-2023 (
call number
), CHS-2023 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-14131 (
legacy record id
), chs-m15290 (
legacy record id
), 1-83-46 (
microfiche number
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
14131
Unique identifier
UC143648
Legacy Identifier
CHS-2023.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.9 in × 14.3 in at 300dpi
45.5 cm × 36.4 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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