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Title
Collecting Ladybirds in the Sierras (9 views)
Contributor
California. State Commission of Horticulture
California. State Insectary
Date Created and/or Issued
1910-1912
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Plates in: [Album of mounted photographs illustrating the work of the California state insectary, Sacramento : Photographs taken from 1910-1912] / California state insectary, Sacramento, pg. 3.
View 1 (2014-1601). Ladybird packing shed, Towle, 1911 -- view 2 (2014-1602). One method of travel in the Sierras -- view 3 (2014-1603). Towle, Placer Co. -- view 4 (2014-1604). Small colony of Ladybirds, Apr. 1912 -- view 5 (2014-1605). A load of Ladybirds, 1910 -- view 6 (2014-1606). 125 lbs. collected in one day, 1910 -- view 7 (2014-1607). At Iron Spring, on the trail, 1912 -- view 8 (2014-1608). Collecting Ladybirds, Branigan -- view 9 (2014-1609). Another day's collecting, 1911, Branigan, Bacon.
The Insectary Division of the Commission of Horticulture was responsible for collecting, breeding and disseminating predaceous insects as a means of controlling harmful insects. As part of that work, they collected and disseminated the native species of ladybird (ladybug) beetle or coccinellids, notably Hippodamia convergens.
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
9 photographic prints ; 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. and 3 1/8 x 2 1/8 in. or smaller.
Identifier
(C)001513206CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Branigan, Edward J.--Photographs
California. State Insectary--Photographs
Insects--Collection and preservation--Sierra Nevada Mountains (Calif. and Nev.)--Photographs
Buildings--California--Towle
Skiing--California--Placer County
Ladybugs
Horses--Sierra Nevada Mountains (Calif. and Nev.)
Mules--Sierra Nevada Mountains (Calif. and Nev.)
Pack animals--Sierra Nevada Mountains (Calif. and Nev.)
Snow--Sierra Nevada Mountains (Calif. and Nev.)
Towle (Calif.)--Photographs
Placer County (Calif.)--Photographs
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Photograph albums
Place
Sierra Nevada Mountains (Calif. and Nev.)
California
Towle
Placer County
Towle (Calif.)
Placer County (Calif.)
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)

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