California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of University Avenue, looking south towards Exposition Park, showing the library(?) of the University of Southern California, 1929

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View of University Avenue, looking south towards Exposition Park, showing the library(?) of the University of Southern California, 1929

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Photograph of a view of University Avenue, looking south towards Exposition Park, showing the library(?) of the University of Southern California, 1929. Automobiles can be seen parked along the right side of the wide, unlined street, which stretches off into the left distance. The Victorian-style tower and structure of the USC library can be seen to the right of center. Railcar tracks can be seen embedded in the pavement, with streetcar lines overhead.

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Title View of University Avenue, looking south towards Exposition Park, showing the library(?) of the University of Southern California, 1929

Subject buildings (lcsh), educational facilities (adlf), Los Angeles -- Schools -- Colleges & Universities -- USC (file heading), Universities and colleges (lcsh), University of Southern California (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1929-10-11

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w. (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 1929-10-11

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-m18575

Identifier 35402 (accession number), CHS-35402 (call number), CHS-35402 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18487 (legacy record id), chs-m18575 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18487

Unique identifier UC135658

Legacy Identifier CHS-35402.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.7 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
47.5 cm × 33.3 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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