California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Pavement made from whale bones at Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Monterey, ca.1900

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Pavement made from whale bones at Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Monterey, ca.1900

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Photograph of the pavement made from whale bones at Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Monterey, ca.1900. The discs cut from whale vertebra pave the way in front of an entrance. Smaller bones are inlaid at center.

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Title Pavement made from whale bones at Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Monterey, ca.1900

Subject Carmel Mission (subject), Marine Life (subject), Mission Carmel -- San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (file heading), Mission San Carlos (subject), Mission San Carlos (Monterey) (subject), Missions -- Mission Carmel (San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo) (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Carmel (city or populated place), Monterey (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 17x 22 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

Creator James, George Wharton (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-m16600

Identifier 4094 (accession number), CHS-4094 (call number), CHS-4094 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-16536 (legacy record id), chs-m16600 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14075 (legacy record id), 1-126-9 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 16536

Unique identifier UC141802

Legacy Identifier CHS-4094.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.1 in × 11.2 in at 300dpi
38.4 cm × 28.6 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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