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Title
A big oak tree, claimed to be the largest live oak tree in the Unites States, Tulare County, California, ca.1900-1930
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900/1930
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 oak tree (Ornercus Lobate), claimed to be the largest live oak tree in the Unites States, Tulare County, California, ca.1900-1930. The tree, situated on a plain field, dwarfs the man in a horse-drawn carriage who is parked nearby the tree. The field is covered with grass and leaves.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m9889
USC-1-1-1-14284
USC-1-1-1-14317 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-5323
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9889
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-5323.jpg
Subject
Botany--Trees--Oak
Tulare County--General
Trees
Oak
Botany
Grasslands
Time Period
circa 1900/1930
Place
California
Porterville
Lindsay
Tulare
USA
Source
1-73-30 [Microfiche number]
5323 [Accession number]
CHS-5323 [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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