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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated July 1, 1954 reads, "Plant blooms after 35 years - Mrs. Arax Devegian is dwarfed beside towering century plant in her back yard of her Sherman Oaks home which has burst into bloom after 35 years of growth. Plant is not expected to bloom again for another 35 years." Agave Americana
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Women--California--Los Angeles Agaves--California--Los Angeles--Flowering time Flowers--California--Los Angeles Drought-tolerant plants--California--Los Angeles Plants, Ornamental--California--Los Angeles Plants, Flowering of--California--Los Angeles Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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