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Order Number	00079395
Title	Palm Springs cowpokes
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	Palm Springs.
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 13 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, approximately 111 miles east of Los Angeles. It is one of nine adjacent cities that make up the Coachella Valley, and is sheltered by the San Bernardino Mountains to the north, Santa Rosa Mountains to the south, San Jacinto Mountains to the west, and Little San Bernardino Mountains to the east. This geography gives Palm Springs its hot, dry climate with 354 days of sunshine and less than 6 inches of rain annually. The locale features a variety of native desert flora and fauna, and a notable tree occurring in the wild and under cultivation is the California Fan Palm. The Agua Caliente band of Cahuilla Indians have lived in the area they named "Se-Khi" (boiling water) for thousands of years. Their reservation occupies 32,000 acres of which 6,700 acres lie within the city limits, making the Agua Caliente band the city's largest landowner. In the early 1800s, Spanish explorers named the area "Agua Caliente" (hot water), but by the mid-1860s the name "Palm Springs" came into common usage when the land was first surveyed by U.S. Government surveyors who noted that a local mineral spring was located at the base of "two bunches of palms". Palm Springs has become known as "The Playground of the Stars", and many famous people have had homes in the city or have vacationed here. Golf, swimming, tennis, horseback riding and hiking in the nearby desert and mountain areas are major forms of recreation. As of 2007, population stands at 42,350.
Description	Humorous photograph shows two cowboys and a cowgirl somewhere along the Palm Springs desert. One of the cowboys can be seen sitting inside the car with his head sticking out of the driver's side window, and the other cowboy is propped up outside of the passenger side. The cowgirl sits at the rear of the car on a makeshift saddle, which is somehow connected to the rear bumper and spare tire. Note that the car has Colorado state plates
Subject	Western saddles--California--Palm Springs. Cowboys--California--Palm Springs. Cowgirls--California--Palm Springs. Deserts--California--Palm Springs. Palm Springs (Calif.).
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection