Empty interior of the Pig'n Whistle Cafe, 1920-1929

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Photograph of the empty interior of the Pig'n Whistle, 1920-1929. A sweets showcase can be seen at left, while long benches for waiting can be seen across the showcase at right. A bar with a few stools in front of it can be seen at right behind the bench. Tables and chairs can be seen in the background, while wooden beams are visible on the ceiling. Decorative pillars are visible down the center of the room. Donated by Jim Lewis.

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Title Empty interior of the Pig'n Whistle Cafe, 1920-1929

Subject buildings (adlf), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Restaurants (file heading), Pig'n Whistle (subject), Restaurants, lunch rooms, etc. (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), South Broadway (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1920/1929

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 cm. (aacr2), 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 1920/1929

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1371

Identifier 41333 (accession number), CHS-41333 (call number), CHS-41333 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2242 (legacy record id), chs-m1371 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-1418 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2242

Unique identifier UC115587

Legacy Identifier CHS-41333.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.5 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
52.2 cm × 40.8 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

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