A child picking carnations in a carnation field at Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, ca.1904-1920 (CHS-5488)

A child picking carnations in a carnation field at Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, ca.1904-1920
Photograph of a child picking carnations in a carnation field at Redondo Beach, looking east from the Redondo Hotel, ca.1904-1920. The girl, wearing a knee-high dress, stands in the middle of the field holding onto a bundle of carnations. Her hair is combed back and tied on the back. Trees and a few buildings are visible in the distance. "The fields were put in as a tourist attraction." -- unknown author.
Call number: CHS-5488
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-5488
Coverage date: circa 1904/1920
Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Format: glass plate negatives
Type: images
Geographic subject (city or populated place): Redondo Beach
Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
Accession number: 5488
Microfiche number: 1-42-4; 1-82-171
Archival file: chs_Volume53/CHS-5488.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): 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Subject (adlf): agricultural sites
Project: USC
Repository email: [email protected]
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: circa 1904/1920
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): negatives (photographic); photographs
Geographic subject (state): California
Subject (file heading): Los Angeles County -- Redondo Beach -- General views -- Panoramas; Botany -- Flowers -- Fields
Legacy record ID: chs-m6495; USC-1-1-1-6610; USC-1-1-1-14217
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Geographic subject (county): Los Angeles
Subject (lcsh): Flowers; Agriculture; Carnations; Children