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Title
Close-up of a specimen of Ocotillo (Fonquiera Splendeus), or Candle wood, or Cane cactus, in leaf in the desert, 1906
Creator
C.C. Pierce & Co
Date Created and/or Issued
1906-03
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 close-up of a specimen of Ocotillo (Fonquiera Splendeus), or Candle wood, or Cane cactus in leaf the desert, March 1906. A cluster of snake-like stems covered in tiny leaves is shown filling the extreme foreground. Hilly terrain is visible indistinctly in the background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16726 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4260
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16726
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4260.jpg
Subject
Botany--Ocotillo (Candlewood)
Plants
Deserts
Time Period
1906-03
Place
California
USA
Source
1-77-90 [Microfiche number]
4260 [Accession number]
CHS-4260 [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
chs-m265

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