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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Grave near south end of Death Valley, Calif. (German who died of thirst near Salt Wells.) W.C.B. 100
- Description
- Collection of photographs taken mainly between December 1890 and September 1891 by naturalist Theodore S. Palmer and fellow United States Department of Agriculture scientists, collecting flora and fauna in California. Areas covered include the Antelope, Owens, and San Joaquin valleys and Death Valley. The Death Valley photographs are by Palmer, San Francisco chronicle reporter William C. Burnett, and New York correspondent John R. Spears (the latter, on a second expedition in December 1891).
- Production date
- December 1890-December 1891.
- Call number
- photCL 416
- Provenance
- Gift of Palmer's widow, Mrs. Theodore S. Palmer, 1956.
- Dimensions
- 21 x 19 cm or smaller.
