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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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A big palm tree in a Los Angeles park, ca.1920
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A big palm tree in a Los Angeles park, ca.1920
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Description
Photograph of a big palm tree (Livistona Australis, Australia) situated in the grassy lawn of a park[?], ca.1920. Paths traverse around it. Additional trees, shrubs and other plants grow nearby. Part of a wooden lattice fence [?] and a house are visible in the background at left.
Asset Metadata
Title
A big palm tree in a Los Angeles park, ca.1920
Subject
Botany
(lcsh),
Botany -- Trees -- Palm
(file heading),
Palms
(lcsh),
Parks
(adlf),
Trees
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1920
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
(aacr2),
glass plate negatives
(format),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
(subcollection)
Date Created
1920
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Copyright
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Access Conditions
Send requests to address or e-mail given
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15417
Identifier
2382 (
accession number
), CHS-2382 (
call number
), CHS-2382 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-14233 (
legacy record id
), chs-m15417 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14288 (
legacy record id
), 1-86-49 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
14233
Unique identifier
UC143691
Legacy Identifier
CHS-2382.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
14.0 in × 17.2 in at 300dpi
35.5 cm × 43.8 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Description
The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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