California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Painting of group of buildings along a mountainside, showing individuals near a road, [s.d.]

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Painting of group of buildings along a mountainside, showing individuals near a road, [s.d.]

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Photograph of painting of group of buildings along a mountainside, showing individuals near a road, [s.d.]. In the extreme foreground at right, a man next to a large table can be seen. The man wears a coat and a small cap. On the table, a few papers can be seen held down with a rock, and a plant in a vase is also visible. In the foreground, a large street can be seen extending from left to right. On the other side of the street near an automobile, a woman can be seen walking toward a man and woman standing near another table. The man holds what appears to be flowers in his hand. In the background to the left and right, palm trees and other vegetation can be seen. In the extreme background, a group of small buildings can be seen scattered along several mountain ranges. Bottom of the photo sleeve reports: "San Fernando Mission".

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Title Painting of group of buildings along a mountainside, showing individuals near a road, [s.d.]

Subject buildings (lcsh), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), Mountains (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), negatives (photographic) (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)

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-m24568

Identifier 39004 (accession number), CHS-39004 (call number), CHS-39004 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-23838 (legacy record id), chs-m24568 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 23838

Unique identifier UC126076

Legacy Identifier CHS-39004.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 28.2 in × 20.1 in at 300dpi
71.6 cm × 51.1 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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