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Title
Edge of the prehistoric Salton Sea at Torres on the Colorado Desert east of Palm Springs, ca.1900-1903
Date Created and/or Issued
1899/1904
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 edge of the prehistoric Salton Sea at Torres on the Colorado Desert east of Palm Springs, ca.1900-1903. Scrub brush dominates the lower part of the hills down to the sand.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m7893
USC-1-1-1-8020
USC-1-1-1-8260
USC-1-1-1-14232 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2303
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7893
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2303.jpg
Subject
Riverside County--General--Desert views
Riverside County--Salton Sea
Natural features--Lakes--Salton Sea
Views
Lakes
Deserts
Time Period
1899/1904
Place
California
Palm Springs
Riverside
USA
Source
1-61-; 1-81-65 [Microfiche number]
2303 [Accession number]
CHS-2303 [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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