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Title
Lilium Humboldtie specimen, 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 a Lilium Humboldtie specimen on a neutral background, ca.1920. The orange spotted maroon flower hangs down from the stem, and may grow as high as 10 feet but is usually 4 or 5 feet tall. One of the "grandest of the world's lilies".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
18 x 13 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m14981
USC-1-1-1-14219 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1291
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14981
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1291.jpg
Subject
Botany--Flowers--Lilies
Flowers
Lilies
Time Period
circa 1920
Source
1-82-56 [Microfiche number]
1291 [Accession number]
CHS-1291 [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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