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Title
A road through the soda beds in Death Valley called "The Devil's Golf Course", California, ca.1900-1950
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900/1950
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 through the soda beds in Death Valley called "The Devil's Golf Course", California, ca.1900-1950. Three early automobiles stand facing the right with travelers standing and sitting to the side of them. They are surrounded by the craggy ground of the soda beds which obscure their feet. On the leftmost car, one of the travelers sits on the running board while the three others stand. Picture file card reads: "When it rains the ground seethes and bubbles."
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17873
USC-1-1-1-14249 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-6870
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17873
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-6870.jpg
Subject
Natural features--Parks--Death Valley
Parks
Deserts
Mountains
Canyons
Natural rock formations
Time Period
circa 1900/1950
Place
California
USA
mineral deposit areas: Devil's Golf Course
deserts: Death Valley
Source
1-27- [Microfiche number]
6870 [Accession number]
CHS-6870 [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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