Portrait of Griffith J. Griffith, ca.1903

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Photographic portrait of Griffith J. Griffith, ca.1903. Griffith is shown from his shoulders to his head and is looking slightly to the left with his shoulders turned all the way to the left. He is wearing a dark jacket and a light shirt. He has a thick dark mustache that curls up at the ends, and his short dark hair is neatly combed. He is a slightly heavyset man. He donated the three thousand fifteen acre Griffith Park to the City of Los Angeles in 1896. He was born in Glenmorganshire on January 4, 1852.

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Title Portrait of Griffith J. Griffith, ca.1903

Subject Griffith, Griffith J. (subject), Men (lcsh), Portraits -- G (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1903

Type images

Format 3 photographs : photoprints, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm., 18 x 13 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 1903

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13662

Identifier 11879 (accession number), CHS-11879 (call number), CHS-11879 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13156 (legacy record id), chs-m13662 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13817 (legacy record id), 1-90-246 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13156

Unique identifier UC136832

Legacy Identifier CHS-11879.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.2 in × 16.9 in at 300dpi
33.5 cm × 42.9 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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