Screw poll mesquite growing in Colorado Desert, ca.1910 (CHS-1994)

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Summary[edit] Description: English: Screw poll mesquite growing in Colorado Desert, ca.1910 Photograph of a screw poll (pod?) mesquite (Prosopis Juliflora) growing in the Colorado Desert in the Lower Imperial Valley, ca.1910. The tall, spiny plant sits at center with its thin, dry branches extending in all directions. A sea of tumbleweeds grows in the background. Call number: CHS-1994 Photographer: Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 Filename: CHS-1994 Coverage date: circa 1910 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Format: glass plate negatives Type: images Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number: 1994 Microfiche number: 1-81-19 Archival file: chs_Volume57/CHS-1994.tiff Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm., 20 x 25 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): deserts Project: USC Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: circa 1910 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): photographs Geographic subject (state): California Subject (file heading): Imperial County -- General Legacy record ID: chs-m7255; USC-1-1-1-7384 Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Geographic subject (county): Imperial Subject (lcsh): Mesquite; Deserts. Date: circa 1910 date QS:P,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (date created). Source: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/7395. Author: Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946.