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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a screw poll (pod?) mesquite (Prosopis Juliflora) growing in the Colorado Desert in the Lower Imperial Valley, ca.1910. The tall, spiny plant sits at center with its thin, dry branches extending in all directions. A sea of tumbleweeds grows in the background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 17 x 22 cm., 20 x 25 cm. glass plate negatives photographs
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