California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Reverend B. Fay Mills, his wife, and Dr. George Wharton James "and friends" picnicking on large rocks at Corona del Mar Beach, ca.1900

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Reverend B. Fay Mills, his wife, and Dr. George Wharton James "and friends" picnicking on large rocks at Corona del Mar Beach, ca.1900

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Photograph of Reverend B. Fay Mills, his wife, and Dr. George Wharton James "and friends" picnicking on large rocks at Corona del Mar Beach, ca.1900. They are at the south of entrance to Newport Bay. The group, consisting of men, women and children, can be seen sitting at the base of a very large jagged rock at center Smaller jagged rocks protrude from the base of the large rock island. On the right side of the rock island are two small cave entrances. The beach and its waves are visible in the background.

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Title Reverend B. Fay Mills, his wife, and Dr. George Wharton James "and friends" picnicking on large rocks at Corona del Mar Beach, ca.1900

Subject Beaches (adlf), James, George Wharton, 1858-1923 (naf), Mills, Rev. B. Fay (subject), Orange County -- Newport Beach (file heading), Picnicking (lcsh), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place beaches: Corona del Mar Beach (geographic subject), California (states), Newport Beach (city or populated place), Orange (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 20 x 25 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1900

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-m7764

Identifier 5612 (accession number), CHS-5612 (call number), CHS-5612 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7999 (legacy record id), chs-m7764 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-7894 (legacy record id), 1-52- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7999

Unique identifier UC124201

Legacy Identifier CHS-5612.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.8 in × 14.9 in at 300dpi
47.8 cm × 38.0 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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