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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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View of downtown Los Angeles looking west of Sixth Street from Hill Street, [s.d.]
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View of downtown Los Angeles looking west of Sixth Street from Hill Street, [s.d.]
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Description
Photograph of a view of downtown Los Angeles looking west of Sixth Street from Hill Street, [s.d.]. Pershing Square is in the foreground at center. It is a large grassy are with many trees and a sidewalk running through the middle. Large buildings can be seen on two sides of the park, including the Pacific Mutual Life building at right. This building has a large clock on the corner at center. Another clock tower can be seen in the distance at left. Early-model automobiles are parked along the edges of the streets.; Legible signs include, from left to right: "Taits", "Wilson's Dancing Studio", "Better tells it all", "The Owl Drug Co.", "Time to insure", and "Pacific Mutual Life".
Asset Metadata
Title
View of downtown Los Angeles looking west of Sixth Street from Hill Street, [s.d.]
Subject
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Hotels #2
(subject),
Los Angeles -- Parks -- Pershing Square
(subject),
Parks
(lcsh),
Parks
(adlf),
Pershing Square
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
5th Street & Olive Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 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)
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20355
Identifier
14461 (
accession number
), CHS-14461 (
call number
), CHS-14461 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-22688 (
legacy record id
), chs-m20355 (
legacy record id
), 1-219 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
22688
Unique identifier
UC125880
Legacy Identifier
CHS-14461.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.0 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
50.8 cm × 40.7 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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