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Title
Men standing next to a large alfalfa root in Imperial Valley, ca.1910
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1910
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 a seven men standing in the field next to a large single root of alfalfa (about ten feet tall) grown in Imperial Valley, ca.1910. One man at left is reaching up the root. A horse-drawn wagon is visible behind them. Another team of horses stands behind the wagon.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm., 20 x 25 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographs
Identifier
chs-m7242
USC-1-1-1-7371 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2723
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7242
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2723.jpg
Subject
Imperial County--General
Irrigation
Water-supply
Agriculture
Alfalfa
Agricultural sites
Time Period
circa 1910
Place
California
Imperial
USA
Source
1-194- [Microfiche number]
2723 [Accession number]
CHS-2723 [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
USC
chs-m265

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