View of Palm Canyon near Palm Springs, ca.1901

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Photograph of a view of Palm Canyon near Palm Springs, ca.1901. The canyon is at center and is bordered by steep rocky slopes. At right, the wall of the canyon extends very high. A calm river can be seen at the bottom of the canyon at center. At left, a dense stand of palm trees is visible, while at right, a small number of similar trees can be seen on the hill. In the background, two rows of mountains are visible.

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Title View of Palm Canyon near Palm Springs, ca.1901

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1901

Subject canyons (adlf), Palms (lcsh), Riverside County -- General -- Canyons -- Palm Canyon (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1901

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 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)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m8082

Identifier 32911 (accession number), CHS-32911 (call number), CHS-32911 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8408 (legacy record id), chs-m8082 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-8213 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8408

Unique identifier UC125544

Legacy Identifier CHS-32911.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.4 in × 27.9 in at 300dpi
46.7 cm × 70.9 cm at 300dpi

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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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