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Title
Panoramic view of Twenty-Nine Palms, a city near Palm Springs, California, 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
Photographs of a panoramic view of Twenty-Nine Palms, a city near Palm Springs, California, ca.1920. There are about 15 desert palms standing along a dirt road. Shrubberies, bushes and rocks are scattered throughout the landscape. Mountains can be seen in the distance. Light clouds hover above. Below is an identical picture except the lower picture has been edited to a brighter contrast and cut to emphasize the center portion of the picture.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m14134
USC-1-1-1-14295 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-5109
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14134
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-5109.jpg
Subject
Botany--Trees--Palm
Trees
Palms
Botany
Churches
Missions, Spanish
Deserts
Time Period
circa 1920
Place
California
Los Angeles
Palm Springs
USA
Source
1-86-57 [Microfiche number]
5109 [Accession number]
CHS-5109 [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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