California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

North Sprint Street looking from Temple Street, showing paving, [s.d.]

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North Sprint Street looking from Temple Street, showing paving, [s.d.]

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Photograph of North Sprint Street looking from Temple Street, showing paving, [s.d.]. The street is divided into three sections. At center, a section of the street is composed entirely of dirt and rubble. On either side of the dirt section, a paved section of the street can be seen. At left, a man standing in a small steamroller can be seen on one of the paved sections. Further to the left, a carved, dirt slope can be seen. A line of utility poles stand along the side of the slope. A man stands near one of the poles with a water hose. At the top of the slope, a line of homes is visible. In the extreme background, several automobiles and buildings can be seen at center.

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Title North Sprint Street looking from Temple Street, showing paving, [s.d.]

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), buildings (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Spring Street -- North of 1st (file heading), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), North Spring Street (roadway), Temple Street (roadway), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 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)

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-m17663

Identifier 43986 (accession number), CHS-43986 (call number), CHS-43986 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17651 (legacy record id), chs-m17663 (legacy record id), 1-9-150 (microfiche number)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17651

Unique identifier UC142457

Legacy Identifier CHS-43986.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.5 in × 13.0 in at 300dpi
47.1 cm × 33.1 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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