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Title
A big palm tree (Sonora Filafera Robusta) in what appears to be a Mexican park, 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 big palm tree (Sonora Filafera Robusta, or, Washingtonia Robusta), Mexicao, ca.1920. The tree can be seen growing in a grassy lawn on a gentle slope beside the cement steps of a foot path. A water tap is sticking up near the steps. Other plants and trees grow thickly behind.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m15610
USC-1-1-1-14288 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2729
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15610
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2729.jpg
Subject
Botany--Trees--Palm
Trees
Palms
Botany
Parks
Time Period
circa 1920
Place
Mexico
Source
1-86-25 [Microfiche number]
2729 [Accession number]
CHS-2729 [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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