California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Gaffey Street from the intersection of O'Farrel Street before the construction of the viaduct over Summerland Avenue, San Pedro, May 18, 1931

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Gaffey Street from the intersection of O'Farrel Street before the construction of the viaduct over Summerland Avenue, San Pedro, May 18, 1931

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Photograph of Gaffey Street from the intersection of O'Farrel Street before the construction of the viaduct over Summerland Avenue, San Pedro, May 18, 1931. A dirt road can be seen in the foreground, while small one-story homes can be seen in the background. A small valley is visible beyond the road. Only the top portion of a building is visible since it is partially in the valley. Utility poles run from the left towards the right background through the valley.

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Title Gaffey Street from the intersection of O'Farrel Street before the construction of the viaduct over Summerland Avenue, San Pedro, May 18, 1931

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1931-05-18

Subject Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Streets (file heading), Real estate business (lcsh), Retail trade (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 258th Street (roadway), 3rd Street (roadway), Beacon Street (roadway), Belle Porte Avenue (roadway), California (states), Canal Street (roadway), Front Street (roadway), Gaffey Street (roadway), Los Angeles (counties), San Pedro (city or populated place), USA (countries), Wilmington (city or populated place)

Temporal Subject 1931-05-18

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)

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-m18606

Identifier 44548 (accession number), CHS-44548 (call number), CHS-44548 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18506 (legacy record id), chs-m18606 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14362 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18506

Unique identifier UC135544

Legacy Identifier CHS-44548.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.0 in × 14.0 in at 300dpi
48.4 cm × 35.8 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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