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Title
Vehicle "Desert Queen" sailing on a dry lake at Rosamond in the Mojave Desert, 1904
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1904
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 "Desert Queen" sailing on a dry lake at Rosamond in the Mojave Desert, 1904. Two men are silhouetted on the low 4-wheel vehicle which is outfitted with a spinnaker and a main sail on one mast. An American flag flies behind (at right). The surrounding landscape is completely flat. "The way some miners travel across [...] for three miles in the desert."
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5365
USC-1-1-1-5478 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2112
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5365
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2112.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles County--Antelope Valley
Vehicles
Deserts
Flags
Time Period
1904
Place
California
Kern
Rosamond
USA
Source
1-81-56; 1-121-8 [Microfiche number]
2112 [Accession number]
CHS-2112 [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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