Pelicans at the Salton Sea, California, ca.1910 (CHS-4316)

Pelicans at the Salton Sea, California, ca.1910
Photograph of a group of more than 30 pelicans roosting on the rocky ground beside the Salton Sea (near the Colorado River? on the Colorado Desert), Imperial County (Riverside County?), California, ca.1910. A few pieces of driftwood sit in the foreground at right. Hundreds more are visible in the background on the water.
Call number: CHS-4316
Legacy record ID: chs-m7261; USC-1-1-1-7390; USC-1-1-1-8256; USC-1-1-1-14232
Photographer: Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Filename: CHS-4316
Coverage date: circa 1910
Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Type: images
Geographic subject (city or populated place): Palm Springs; Palm Springs
Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
Accession number: 4316
Microfiche number: 1-81-46
Archival file: chs_Volume57/CHS-4316.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 ; 17 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): lakes
Project: USC
Repository email: [email protected]
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: circa 1910
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs
Geographic subject (state): California
Subject (file heading): Imperial County -- Salton Sea; Riverside County -- Salton Sea; Natural features -- Lakes -- Salton Sea
Format: glass plate negatives
Geographic subject: Salton Sea
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Geographic subject (county): Riverside; Imperial
Subject (lcsh): Pelicans; Birds; Views