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Title
Road scene in the desert, ca.1920
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 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 road scene in the desert, ca.1920. A wide road can be seen from the right foreground into the center background. A few buildings line the sides of the street at center, while one building at right is two stories tall. Several automobiles are visible parked on the side of the road. Utility poles and a few trees can be seen at right, while mountains can be seen in the background. A bush can be seen in the extreme left foreground, while part of a sign at left reads, "[...]age".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
9 x 15 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m23818 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-48306
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m23818
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-48306.jpg
Subject
Roads
Roadways
Time Period
circa 1920
Place
California
USA
Source
48306 [Accession number]
CHS-48306 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: STRT-78 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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