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Title
Sign in front of an old road to Death Valley by Silver Lake southern road, ca.1900-1950
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900/1950
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 sign in front of an old road to Death Valley by Silver Lake southern road, ca.1900-1950. At center a sign reading, "Warning. Do not attempt this route without ample supplies of water, gas, oil. Get information where supplies can be obtained, Auto Club of So. Cal" is visible on a wooden post. Desert shrubs extend up to mountains in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m20891
USC-1-1-1-14249 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-8261
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20891
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-8261.jpg
Subject
Natural features--Parks--Death Valley
Parks
Deserts
Time Period
circa 1900/1950
Place
California
Inyo
USA
deserts: Death Valley
Source
8261 [Accession number]
CHS-8261 [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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