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Title
Organ cactus in central Mexico, ca.1900-1920
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900/1920
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 lot of organ cactus (so named for their resemblance to organ pipes) in a field in central Mexico, ca.1900-1920. The pitaya nopales (ripened fruit, or tuna, and stem segments) are edible. Eight people (men and children) lounge about the cacti. One man is carrying clay jars.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w
13 x 20 cm., 21 x 26 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m14590
USC-1-1-1-14155
USC-1-1-1-14203 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-693
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14590
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-693.jpg
Subject
Cactus
Indians of North America
Mexico--Zacateca
Botany--Cacti
Deserts
Time Period
circa 1900/1920
Place
Mexico
Source
1-77-8 [Microfiche number]
693 [Accession number]
CHS-693 [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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