California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of Stoner Avenue looking south from Santa Monica Boulevard in the business section of Sawtelle, October 6, 1928

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View of Stoner Avenue looking south from Santa Monica Boulevard in the business section of Sawtelle, October 6, 1928

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Photograph of a view of Stoner Avenue looking south from Santa Monica Boulevard in the business section of Sawtelle, October 6, 1928. Recently-paved Stoner Avenue is at center and heads away from the viewer. It is lined with adobe buildings and tall trees. Several early-model automobiles are parked along the road. Santa Monica Boulevard intersects Stoner in the foreground, and several sets of streetcar tracks are visible in the middle of the large street. A line of utility poles runs parallel to Santa Monica, and several streetlights are visible as well.; Legible signs include, from left to right: "Ford", "Sawtelle Motor Co.", and "Chevrolet".

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Title View of Stoner Avenue looking south from Santa Monica Boulevard in the business section of Sawtelle, October 6, 1928

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Santa Monica Boulevard (file heading), Stores, Retail (lcsh), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Sawtelle (city or populated place), Stoner Avenue & Santa Monica Boulevard (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1928-10-06

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegatives, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), 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)

Date Created 1928-10-06

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-m726

Identifier 14327 (accession number), CHS-14327 (call number), CHS-14327 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7079 (legacy record id), chs-m726 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-727 (legacy record id), 1-67- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7079

Unique identifier UC122199

Legacy Identifier CHS-14327.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.4 in × 15.5 in at 300dpi
49.4 cm × 39.3 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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