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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Exterior of the Westminster Hotel on the corner of Fourth Street and Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1900
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Exterior of the Westminster Hotel on the corner of Fourth Street and Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1900
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Description
Photograph of the exterior of the Westminster Hotel on the corner of Fourth Street and Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1900. The four-story Victorian brick building has a six-story tower on the corner over the main entrance. There are awnings at street level. An automobile is parked at the curb, while a bicyclist is pedalling by. Part of a horse-drawn wagon is visible at left. Numerous pedestrians are crossing the streets. Streetcar rails and overhead electrical lines are visible. Legible signs include: "Hotel Westminster", "[...]sh Co.", and "Cafe".
Asset Metadata
Title
Exterior of the Westminster Hotel on the corner of Fourth Street and Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1900
Subject
buildings
(adlf),
Hotels
(subject),
Hotels, taverns, etc.
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Hotels -- Westminster Hotel
(file heading),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Hotels #5
(file heading),
Pedestrians
(lcsh),
Westminster Hotel
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Main Street & 4th Street
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1900
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 20 x 25 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
1900
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1300
Identifier
2345 (
accession number
), CHS-2345 (
call number
), CHS-2345 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-2175 (
legacy record id
), chs-m1300 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-1346 (
legacy record id
), 1-133-54 (
microfiche number
), 1-6-74 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
2175
Unique identifier
UC115780
Legacy Identifier
CHS-2345.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.6 in × 14.5 in at 300dpi
47.4 cm × 36.9 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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