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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a Russian thistle (Salsola Kali), or Ink weed, growing in the Colorado Desert, Imperial Valley, California, ca.1910. "So called because when thrashed it stains wheat black". The large bush of Russian thistle resembles a dark cloud at center in a sea of sand. The plant is an indiscernible cluster of thin, stiff stems. Similar plants can be seen in the background.Photograph of a Russian thistle (Salsola Kali), or Ink weed, growing in the Colorado Desert, Imperial Valley, California, ca.1910. "So called because when thrashed it stains wheat black". The large bush of Russian thistle resembles a dark cloud at center in a sea of sand. The plant is an indiscernible cluster of thin, stiff stems. Similar plants can be seen in the background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 17 x 22 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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