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Title
Beekeeper handling swarm of bees, Los Angeles, ca.1925
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1925
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 beekeeper opening a honeycomb box filled with bees, Los Angeles, ca.1925. He has a smoker in his right hand. He is wearing protective clothing over his face, and on his hands and arms. Another box is nearby. There is a fence behind him.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10935
USC-1-1-1-11086 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1787
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10935
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1787.jpg
Subject
Bees
Beekeeping
Industry--Apiary
Agricultural sites
Time Period
circa 1925
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1787 [Accession number]
CHS-1787 [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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