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Title
Sterculia diversiflora (bottle tree) on West Colorado, Pasadena, ca.1906
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1906
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 3 Australian bottle trees (Sterculia Diversifolia) along the curb on West Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, ca.1906. A low greenhouse is visible behind the trees which run from left to right across the image. Placards on a fence and a sign across the street read: "Hansens", "Chute's Park [...] Saturday [...] Oct. 5, grand production, Pinafore on the Lake, go people go, excellent cast, chorus of 40 voices, produced on real ship", ..."Joe Pohlim"..., ..."ade[...]est[...]staat[...]aymond [...]". These trees are native to Australia.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m6033
USC-1-1-1-6141
USC-1-1-1-14234
USC-1-1-1-14288 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1942
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m6033
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1942.jpg
Subject
Pasadena--General
Botany--Trees--Palm
Botany--Trees--Assorted (Identified)
Trees
Streets
Botany
Housing areas
Time Period
circa 1906
Place
California
Los Angeles
Pasadena
USA
West Colorado Street
Source
1-37-31; 1-82-78 [Microfiche number]
1942 [Accession number]
CHS-1942 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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