Christmas palm in front of a house, Los Angeles, ca.1920 (CHS-5059)

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Description: English: Christmas palm in front of a house, Los Angeles, ca.1920 Photograph of a Christmas palm in front of a two-story house on Seventh Stree near Figueroa, Los Angeles, ca.1920. The trunk of the palm has ridges up to about midway where there is a small cluster of fronds growing from it. A little further up the trunk is where the main palm fronds grow. On this palm, there are a dozen feather-like fronds. To the right of the palm, is second house, two- or three-stories high. A wire-mesh fence, overgrown with small bushes and trees, runs between the two houses near the palm. The photoprint reads "Archontopheonix cunninghamiana. Australia". Call number: CHS-5059 Legacy record ID: chs-m15451; USC-1-1-1-14288 Photographer: C. C. Pierce (1861–1946) . Alternative names: Charles C. Description: American photographer. Date of birth/death: 22 November 1861 7 November 1946 . Authority control: : Q61995887 VIAF: 68114291 LCCN: n91108254 WorldCat. creator QS:P170,Q61995887 Filename: CHS-5059 Coverage date: circa 1920 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Type: images Geographic subject (city or populated place): Los Angeles Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number: 5059 Microfiche number: 1-86-52 Archival file: chs_Volume92/CHS-5059.tiff Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): housing areas Project: USC Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: circa 1920 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs Geographic subject (state): California Subject (file heading): Botany -- Trees -- Palm Format: glass plate negatives Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Geographic subject (county): Los Angeles Geographic subject (roadway): 7th Street Subject (lcsh): Trees; Palms; Botany. Date: circa 1920 date QS:P,+1920-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (date created). Source: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/14267. Author: C. C. Pierce (1861–1946) . Alternative names: Charles C. Description: American photographer. Date of birth/death: 22 November 1861 7 November 1946 . Authority control: : Q61995887 VIAF: 68114291 LCCN: n91108254 WorldCat. creator QS:P170,Q61995887.