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 view of the sweet pea field at Bodger seed farm, 350 acres producing 27 tons of seeds, in Gardena Valley (later, Hawthorn, CA), ca.1905. The field is covered with tall-stalk flowers. Buildings are sparsely scattered across the landscape in the distance. Trees are visible in the distance. "The fields were put in as a tourist attraction." -- unknown author. Originally, the photograph was captioned as "View of the sweet pea field (possibly at Bodger seed farm), at Redondo Beach, looking east from the Redondo Hotel, ca.1904-1920".
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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