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Wagon carrying boxed plant specimens from Mexico bound for San Marino ranch, circa 1912

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Photo taken during William Hertrich's expedition to Mexico to collect plants for the grounds of Huntington's San Marino ranch. MS note reads "Boxed plant on wagon." The numbering system of this album is unclear - this appears on the verso of the 13th page in the envelope of volume 12 (1- ).
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Date
circa 1912
Call number
photCL 107 vol12 (22)
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