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    Close-up of fruit on fan palms (Washingtonia Filifera) in Riverside, ca.1903-1920

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    Photograph of a close-up of fruit on fan palms (Washingtonia Filifera) in Riverside, ca.1903-1920. The long tassles of fruit can be seen hanging out from the slender palm fronds in the left foreground and background. Scrub grass and scrub brush cover the slope visible in the background

    Historic tree at Mission Carmel (San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo) in Monterey, ca.1888

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    Photograph of the historic tree at Mission Carmel (San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo) in Monterey, ca.1888. The tree stands at center, growing from the slope of a hill that feeds into the dry ravine at left. In the background left, the gaurd rail of a bridge can be seen.; "Viscaino hung bell on this tree and held mass in 1602 and Father Juniper Serra utilized it for the same purpose June 3, 1770 when he first landed to establish a mission for Saint Charles. [Also the boat was tied here.] The tree fell early in 1900 and the trunk was removed to the garden at rear of San Carlos Mission in Monterey. Photo made by a Mr. Adams [a photographer of Monterey about 1890] abt. 1880 and [negative] purchased from him about 1895 by C.C. Pierce". -- Unknown author

    The painting "Lady With Fan" by Faivre, depicting a seated woman wearing an enormous periwig, [s.d.]

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    Photograph of the painting "Lady With Fan" by Faivre, depicting a seated woman wearing an enormous periwig, [s.d.]. The woman is shown from the side, seated in a padded chair with a wooden frame. She wears a florally patterned dress that bares her shoulders. She holds a collapsed fan just centimeters to her lips. On top of her head, a gigantic wig nearly twice the size of her head is twisted up into an ornate shape; a long braid hangs down from the side of it. In the background, the wall is painted with the scene of a naval sailing vessel approaching a castle
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