California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

A sugar beet shaped like a bird (an unidentified exhibit) at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1900-1920

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A sugar beet shaped like a bird (an unidentified exhibit) at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1900-1920

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Photograph of a sugar beet shaped like a bird (ancient Los Angeles bird?), an unidentified exhibit at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1900-1920. The beat has a large round body with three extended roots that resemble two legs and a feathered tail. The upper portion of the beet resembles a head. The head has two dimples in it where a coin or a slug was affixed to make it resemble the bird's eyes. A bow tie is tied around the neck of this owl-like replica. A cloth covers the background and the platform on which it stands in order to create the neutral background effect. A sign in front of the bird reads, "Ain't I a bird?"

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Title A sugar beet shaped like a bird (an unidentified exhibit) at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1900-1920

Subject Agriculture -- Crops -- Beet sugar (file heading), Botany -- General (subject), Sugar beet industry (lcsh), Sugar beets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900/1920

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 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)

Date Created 1900/1920

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-m9060

Identifier 5187 (accession number), CHS-5187 (call number), CHS-5187 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8963 (legacy record id), chs-m9060 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14192 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14195 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-9198 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-9200 (legacy record id), 1-103-12 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8963

Unique identifier UC139058

Legacy Identifier CHS-5187.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 14.0 in × 17.3 in at 300dpi
35.5 cm × 44.1 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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