California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior view of the William E. Smith residence in Altadena, 1905

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Exterior view of the William E. Smith residence in Altadena, 1905

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Photograph of an exterior view of the William E. Smith residence in Altadena, 1905. The two-story building can be seen at center. It has light-colored walls, a dark roof, and a wraparound porch on the first floor. A covered balcony can be seen on the second floor at right. An assortment of palm and pepper trees surrounds the house. A dirt road can be seen going up a hill in the foreground. The house was designed by architect Frederick Roeghrige.

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Title Exterior view of the William E. Smith residence in Altadena, 1905

Subject Architecture, Domestic (lcsh), Dwellings (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Altadena -- General (file heading), residential sites (adlf), Smith, William E. (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Altadena (city or populated place), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1905

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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 1905

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

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-m5098

Identifier CHS-44948 (call number), CHS-44948 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25645 (legacy record id), chs-m5098 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-5200 (legacy record id), USC (project), 1444 (unidentified no.), 44948 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25645

Unique identifier UC129097

Legacy Identifier CHS-44948.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.2 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
43.7 cm × 33.3 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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