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California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Wide river in foreground and the El Capitan rock formation in background, Yosemite National Park, California, [s.d.]
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Wide river in foreground and the El Capitan rock formation in background, Yosemite National Park, California, [s.d.]
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Photograph of a wide river in foreground and the El Capitan rock formation in background, Yosemite National Park, California, [s.d.]. In the extreme foreground, a wide river can be seen extending from the far left to the far right. Along the opposite embankment of the river, a large line of pine trees can be seen. In the background, the El Capitan rock formation is visible at left. Its top appears perfectly flat and rounded at the edges.
Asset Metadata
Title
Wide river in foreground and the El Capitan rock formation in background, Yosemite National Park, California, [s.d.]
Subject
Mountains
(lcsh),
Parks
(lcsh),
Parks
(adlf),
Trees
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
USA
(countries),
Yosemite National Park
(geographic subject)
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 15 x 9 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)
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
(photographer)
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m24076
Identifier
49626 (
accession number
), CHS-49626 (
call number
), CHS-49626 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-23046 (
legacy record id
), chs-m24076 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
23046
Unique identifier
UC124126
Legacy Identifier
CHS-49626.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
14.4 in × 23.7 in at 300dpi
36.5 cm × 60.2 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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