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Title
A child picking carnations in a carnation field at Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, ca.1904-1920
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1904/1920
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 child picking carnations in a carnation field at Redondo Beach, looking east from the Redondo Hotel, ca.1904-1920. The girl, wearing a knee-high dress, stands in the middle of the field holding onto a bundle of carnations. Her hair is combed back and tied on the back. Trees and a few buildings are visible in the distance. "The fields were put in as a tourist attraction." -- unknown author.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
glass plate negatives
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m6495
USC-1-1-1-6610
USC-1-1-1-14217 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-5488
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m6495
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-5488.jpg
Subject
Flowers
Agriculture
Carnations
Children
Los Angeles County--Redondo Beach--General views--Panoramas
Botany--Flowers--Fields
Agricultural sites
Time Period
circa 1904/1920
Place
California
Los Angeles
Redondo Beach
USA
Source
1-42-4; 1-82-171 [Microfiche number]
5488 [Accession number]
CHS-5488 [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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