Old edge of the prehistoric Salton Sea, Salton Basin, Colorado Desert

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Photograph of the old edge of the prehistoric Salton Sea, Salton Basin, Colorado Desert. From a point 71 feet below sea level. Three men are visible standing among the large stones littering the slope. Scrub brush grows in the foreground. Hills rise behind them.

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Title Old edge of the prehistoric Salton Sea, Salton Basin, Colorado Desert

Subject Lakes (lcsh), Natural features -- Lakes -- Salton Sea (file heading), Riverside County -- Salton Sea (file heading), Rocks (lcsh), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Palm Springs (city or populated place), Riverside (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1903/1904

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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 1903/1904

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-m8127

Identifier 2304 (accession number), CHS-2304 (call number), CHS-2304 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8452 (legacy record id), chs-m8127 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14232 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-8258 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-8259 (legacy record id), 1-61- (microfiche number), 1-81-66 (microfiche number), 1-81-67 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8452

Unique identifier UC125642

Legacy Identifier CHS-2304.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.6 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
42.3 cm × 33.8 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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