California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Aerial view of Westwood from north of Wilshire Boulevard, [s.d.]

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Aerial view of Westwood from north of Wilshire Boulevard, [s.d.]

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Photograph of an aerial view of Westwood from north of Wilshire Boulevard, [s.d.]. The area shown is lightly developed. In the bottom right corner, several small houses have been constructed along meandering roads, but the rest of the area is mostly open space divided by roads. A small lake is visible at center. The top edge of the image is lined with mountains, and many trees can be seen at right. Photoprint reads: "Spence Air Photos, 3614 W. Pico, Los Angeles 6, Cal".

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Title Aerial view of Westwood from north of Wilshire Boulevard, [s.d.]

Subject cities (adlf), Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles -- Westwood -- West Los Angeles (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

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)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18688

Identifier 14525 (accession number), CHS-14525 (call number), CHS-14525 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-15922 (legacy record id), chs-m18688 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 15922

Unique identifier UC135209

Legacy Identifier CHS-14525.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.7 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
50.1 cm × 40.8 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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