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Description:: Devil's Garden is a desert area west of California 62, between the towns of Desert Hot Springs and Morongo Valley, in San Bernardino County
Date:: April 23, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Devil's Garden is a desert area west of California 62, between the towns of Desert Hot Springs and Morongo Valley, in San Bernardino County.
Date:: April 23, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Specimen photograph of Washingtonia filifera growing in Palm Canyon, one of the Indian Canyons. Common names for the Washingtonia filifera include California Fan Palm, Desert Fan Palm, Cotton palm, and Arizona Fan Palm.
Date:: January 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: There are several locations called Hell's Acre (Hell's Half Acre more specifically). This is probably Hell's Half Acre between Rock Springs and Casper, Wyoming. It is a desert landscape similar in aesthetics to Badlands National Park. Rocks have been formed into canyons and towering formations by the wind. In this picture there is some low brush and several palm trees.
Date:: February 22, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: There are several locations called Hell's Acre (Hell's Half Acre more specifically). This is probably Hell's Half Acre between Rock Springs and Casper, Wyoming. It is a desert landscape similar in aesthetics to Badlands National Park. Rocks have been formed into canyons and towering formations by the wind. In this picture there is some low brush and several palm trees.
Date:: February 22, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Twentynine Palms is a city in San Bernardino County, California. The city is located in the Mojave Desert. The city was named for the palm trees located in the Oasis of Mara at Joshua Tree National Park.
Date:: April 22, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: There are several locations called Hell's Acre (Hell's Half Acre more specifically). This is probably Hell's Half Acre between Rock Springs and Casper, Wyoming. It is a desert landscape similar in aesthetics to Badlands National Park. Rocks have been formed into canyons and towering formations by the wind. In this picture there is some low brush and several palm trees.
Date:: February 22, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Twentynine Palms is a city in San Bernardino County, California. The city is located in the Mojave Desert. The city was named for the palm trees located in the Oasis of Mara at Joshua Tree National Park.
Date:: April 22, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California. It is located near the border of California and Nevada and is part of Death Valley National Park.
Date:: 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California. It is located near the border of California and Nevada and is part of Death Valley National Park.
Date:: 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

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