California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Exterior ofSaint Vincent's Roman Catholic Church, 621 West Adams Boulevard at Figueroa Street, January 1931

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Exterior ofSaint Vincent's Roman Catholic Church, 621 West Adams Boulevard at Figueroa Street, January 1931

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Photograph of an exterior view of Saint Vincent's Roman Catholic Church, 621 West Adams Boulevard at Figueroa Street, January 1931. A street lies in the foreground with several automobiles parked along its far side. Palm trees line the sidewalk behind it while a beautifully landscaped lawn decorates the front of the large church at center. Stairs lead to the arched entrance of the church at right. A tall tower with a cross stands over the entrance while a dome stands over the back of the church at left. A second street lined with smaller buildings and palm trees lies in the right background.

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Title Exterior ofSaint Vincent's Roman Catholic Church, 621 West Adams Boulevard at Figueroa Street, January 1931

Subject Churches (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Churches -- Roman Catholic (file heading), religious facilities (adlf), St. Vincent's Catholic Church (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 621 West Adams Boulevard (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Saint Vincent de Paul Church (manmade features), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1931-01

Type images

Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1931-01

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-m17688

Identifier 36497 (accession number), CHS-36497 (call number), CHS-36497 (filename), isla id: S-4574 (identifying number), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17676 (legacy record id), chs-m17688 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17676

Unique identifier UC142415

Legacy Identifier CHS-36497.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.3 in × 18.8 in at 300dpi
33.8 cm × 47.9 cm at 300dpi

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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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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