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Title
Female motorist in the desert standing next to a warning sign for next available water, ca.1920-1930
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920/1930
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
Photographic of a female motorist in the desert standing next to a warning sign for next available water, ca.1920-1930. A woman with short hair, dressed in a button-down shirt and cardigan stands to the left of a sign with her automobile visible parked along the dirt road in the center background. The sign reads "Next Drinking Water 128 Miles / Next Radiator Water 42 Miles / State Department of Health.".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m9449
USC-1-1-1-9586
USC-1-1-1-11865 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-7521
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9449
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-7521.jpg
Subject
Automobiles
Water-supply
Women
Deserts
State Department of Health
Transportation--Automobiles--General
Agriculture--Irrigation
Roadways
Time Period
circa 1920/1930
Place
California
USA
deserts: Mojave Desert
Source
1-81-84 [Microfiche number]
7521 [Accession number]
CHS-7521 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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