. English: 'The Desert Queen' sailing on the Mojave Desert, 1905 Photograph of the 'Desert Queen' sailing on Rosamond Dry Lake in the Antelope Valley of the western Mojave Desert in 1905. The Desert Queen was built and used by miners to cross three miles of the dry lake. The sailing vehicle has four wheels, sails (spinnaker & mainsail) and a flag. Five passengers (three women, two men) sit on the flat skeletal platform while one man, smoking a pipe, operates the steering wheel. The vessel is headed to the left. Call number: CHS-2215 Photographer: Pierce, (Charles C.), 1861-1946 Filena
. English: 'The Desert Queen' sailing on the Mojave Desert, 1905 Photograph of the 'Desert Queen' sailing on Rosamond Dry Lake in the Antelope Valley of the western Mojave Desert in 1905. The Desert Queen was built and used by miners to cross three miles of the dry lake. The sailing vehicle has four wheels, sails (spinnaker & mainsail) and a flag. Five passengers (three women, two men) sit on the flat skeletal platform while one man, smoking a pipe, operates the steering wheel. The vessel is headed to the left. Call number: CHS-2215 Photographer: Pierce, (Charles C.), 1861-1946 Filename: CHS-2215 Coverage date: 1905 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Format: glass plate negatives Type: images Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number: 2215 Microfiche number: 1-121-10; 1-81-58 Archival file: chs Volume148 Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 3 photograph : photonegatives, glass photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm., 20 x 25 cm., 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): deserts Project: USC Repository email: Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: 1905 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): negatives (photographic); photographs Geographic subject (state): California Legacy record ID: chs-m5363; USC-1-1-1-5476 Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Subject (file heading): Los Angeles County -- Antelope Valley Subject (lcsh): Vehicles; Deserts; Flags . 1905 (date created) 5 "The Desert Queen" sailing on the
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