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Title
Pelicans at the Salton Sea, California, ca.1910
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1910
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 group of more than 30 pelicans roosting on the rocky ground beside the Salton Sea (near the Colorado River? on the Colorado Desert), Imperial County (Riverside County?), California, ca.1910. A few pieces of driftwood sit in the foreground at right. Hundreds more are visible in the background on the water.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 21 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m7261
USC-1-1-1-7390
USC-1-1-1-8256
USC-1-1-1-14232 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4316
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7261
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4316.jpg
Subject
Imperial County--Salton Sea
Riverside County--Salton Sea
Natural features--Lakes--Salton Sea
Pelicans
Birds
Views
Lakes
Time Period
circa 1910
Place
California
Palm Springs
Riverside
Imperial
Salton Sea
USA
Source
1-81-46 [Microfiche number]
4316 [Accession number]
CHS-4316 [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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