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Title
Looking up the Colorado River from an island near where it enters the Imperial Canal, ca.1903
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1903
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 the view looking up the Colorado River from an island near where it enters the Imperial Canal, ca.1903. Wild vegetation grows sparsely from the sandy bank in the foreground. The ends of thick wood piles line the bank at irregular intervals. The opposite bank is visible across the river.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16723
USC-1-1-1-14306 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4254
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16723
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4254.jpg
Subject
Natural features--Rivers--Colorado River
Rivers
Islands
Time Period
circa 1903
Place
Arizona
California
USA
canals: Imperial Canal
rivers: Colorado River
Source
1-61- [Microfiche number]
4254 [Accession number]
CHS-4254 [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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