California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Peck Ave., San Pedro, an example of improvement recently completed in the hilly section, October 4, 1928

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Peck Ave., San Pedro, an example of improvement recently completed in the hilly section, October 4, 1928

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Photograph of Peck Avenue (mislabelled "Gaffey Street"), San Pedro, California, an example of improvement recently completed in the hilly section, October 4, 1928. A two-lane paved road can be seen from the foreground towards the center background. The road slopes up and down over a few hills. Utility poles line the left side of the road. Trees can be seen on top of an elevated portion of land at right. A tall wall can be seen in the right foreground with a fence on top. A few buildings are visible amidst trees in the background. Peck Avenue at 28th Street looking south towards the ocean.

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Title Peck Ave., San Pedro, an example of improvement recently completed in the hilly section, October 4, 1928

Subject Harbors (lcsh), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Streets (file heading), Parks (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh), Wilmington/San Pedro (LA) Streets (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 28th Street (roadway), California (states), Gaffey Street (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Peck Street (roadway), San Pedro (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1928-10-04

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 7 x 10 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)

Date Created 1928-10-04

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-m18603

Identifier 44545 (accession number), CHS-44545 (call number), CHS-44545 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18504 (legacy record id), chs-m18603 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14362 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18504

Unique identifier UC135535

Legacy Identifier CHS-44545.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.1 in × 14.5 in at 300dpi
48.5 cm × 37.0 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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