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Title
Upper jaw of an elephant skull, ca.1920
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920
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 the upper jaw of an elephant skull, ca.1920. There are two protrusions, apparently where the tusks attach, at the base of the skull. Part of the bone around the eye socket on the right side is missing. The front of the bone is lightly-colored while the back part is darker
the entire skull has small dark spots on it. It is resting on a table in front of a stucco wall.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m19023
USC-1-1-1-14175 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-9764
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m19023
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-9764.jpg
Subject
Animals--Elephants
Elephants
Time Period
circa 1920
Source
1-74-56 [Microfiche number]
9764 [Accession number]
CHS-9764 [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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