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Title
Ruth Barker with niece and nephew holding desert wild flowers, between Indian Wells and Indio, California, 1920
Creator
Barker, Ruth
Date Created and/or Issued
1920-03-10
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 Ruth Barker with niece and nephew with desert wild flowers (San Verbena or Abronia), county highway between Indian Wells (near Point Happy) and Indio, California, 10 March 1920. She stands at center, behind a flowering plant, while the children stand at each side. "The flowers are the famous desert sand verboena or abronia. That year they were unusually abundant on account of so many showers that spring. There had been a fall rain to start the plants and enough showers to make them reach their prime in growth. The blooms come on the plants when they are quite small but a plant will grow long runners and keep blooming for a long time. I have seen the verboena blossom here at any time except summer but they are probably best in February, March or April according to the amount of rain keeping them going. The masses of pinkish lavender covered miles and acres of sand dunes that year. Their fragrance was wonderful and the sight of them with the desert foreground with snowcapped San Jacinto & Grayback Mountains in the distance was wonderful. [...] There was another flower in our bouquets. It is the Mexican primrose. They, too were wonderfully abundant that spring, growing among the sand verboenas. Their centers are pale yellow." -- letter from Ruth Barker to C.C. Pierce, Indio, California, 19 January 1922.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
17 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17144
USC-1-1-1-14212 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4774
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17144
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4774.jpg
Subject
Barker, Ruth
Botany--Flowers--Assorted
Plants
Flowers
Agricultural sites
Time Period
1920-03-10
Place
California
Riverside
USA
Source
1-82-97 [Microfiche number]
4774 [Accession number]
CHS-4774 [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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