California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of the Los Angeles Plaza, ca.1880

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View of the Los Angeles Plaza, ca.1880

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Photograph of a panoramic view of the Los Angeles Plaza from Fort Hill, ca.1880. The Pico House, Plaza Catholic Church, Plaza (gazebo in center, surrounded by circle of trees) and Lugo House can be seen. The Plaza House Hotel can also be seen in the forground. At the time it was built the Plaza House was also called the Garnier Block, having been built by Phillipe Garnier. It was later just called the Plaza House, after Phillipe Garnier built another building on Los Angeles Street that came to be known as the Garnier building. Trees and other plants dominate the foreground. The roofs of most of the buildings are fully visible. Legible signs include: "Pico House".

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Title View of the Los Angeles Plaza, ca.1880

Subject Churches (lcsh), cities (adlf), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Landscape architecture (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Plaza #2 -- General views -- 1880 to 1961 (file heading), Parks (lcsh), Pico House (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1880/1885

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 20 x 26 cm.; 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 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 1880/1885

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-m2388

Identifier 2866 (accession number), CHS-2866 (call number), CHS-2866 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3313 (legacy record id), chs-m2388 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2449 (legacy record id), 1-14-12 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3313

Unique identifier UC120500

Legacy Identifier CHS-2866.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.6 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
42.3 cm × 33.7 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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