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Image / Egyptian lotus flower and seed pod "Sacred lily of the Nile", ca.1920

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Title
Egyptian lotus flower and seed pod "Sacred lily of the Nile", ca.1920
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of close-up of Egyptian lotus flower and seed pod "Sacred lily of the Nile" (Nelumbium Speciousum), ca.1920. A large blossom is shown at center, its petals striated and fibrous, a cup-like seed pod at its center. To the right, a larger pod is shown, while above, a pod of intermediate size can be seen. A closed lotus blossom is visible in the bottom left.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m14294
USC-1-1-1-14212 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-213
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14294
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-213.jpg
Subject
Botany--Flowers--Assorted
Flowers
Time Period
circa 1920
Source
1-82-19 [Microfiche number]
213 [Accession number]
CHS-213 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
chs-m265

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