View of Sphinx Rock on Rim of the World Drive, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a view of Sphinx Rock on Rim of the World Drive, [s.d.]. Rolling mountainsides covered in foliage can be seen at left and at center. Tall trees are visible growing between the mountains from bottom left to center, while fog can be seen behind the mountains into the background. The tops of more mountains can be seen in the distance emerging from the fog. A pile of rocks is visible in the right foreground on top of a hill and can be seen surrounded by a few dried bushes. Photoprint reads: "Sea of Fog".

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Title View of Sphinx Rock on Rim of the World Drive, [s.d.]

Subject Mountains (lcsh), Natural features -- Mountains -- General -- Identified (file heading), natural rock formations (adlf), Rocks (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place USA (countries)

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)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20757

Identifier 46260 (accession number), CHS-46260 (call number), CHS-46260 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24774 (legacy record id), chs-m20757 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14235 (legacy record id), 84-1-2247 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24774

Unique identifier UC130787

Legacy Identifier CHS-46260.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.1 in × 15.6 in at 300dpi
51.1 cm × 39.7 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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