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Title
Mounds in the desert, Nevada
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 mounds in the desert, Nevada, [s.d]. In the foreground, a vegetated ground covers the area and further to the back a small well is visible while water seems to be flowing out of it. Two mounds, with patches of vegetation, are visible behind the well. Mountains are observable in the background. Photoprint reads: "Mounds built by the upward push of artesian wells. `Wild' well in foreground. Nevada".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
9 x 14 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m21860
USC-1-1-1-14044 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-47307
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m21860
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-47307.jpg
Subject
Deserts
Nevada--General
Place
Nevada
USA
Source
47307 [Accession number]
84-1-314 [Microfiche number]
CHS-47307 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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