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Title
Guzmania lingulata, Scarlet Star, in Westlake Park, Los Angeles, 1932
Alternative Title
Guzmania lingulata
Contributor
Cornell, Ralph D
Date Created and/or Issued
July 1932
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Cornell (Ralph D.) papers
Rights Information
copyrighted
Copyright is owned by the UC Regents. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
A cactus garden is documented in Westlake Park (now MacArthur Park) in photographs from the early 1900's.
Specimen photograph. Guzmania lingulata, Scarlet Star, is a flowering plant in the bromeliad family. The flower is star-shaped and an orange/red color.NOTE: plant *may* be misidentified, it doesn't resemble researched pictures of the species.
Text from nitrate negative: Guzmania lingulata - Westlake Pk. - L.A. - July, 1932
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Guzmania lingulata; Westlake Park LA; July 1932
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1411_0921
ark:/21198/zz002b6z1z
Language
English
Subject
Environment
MacArthur Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Plants--California--Los Angeles
Source
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

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