California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Wide river surrounded by tall pine trees, showing the Half Dome in the background, Yosemite National Park, California, [s.d.]

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Wide river surrounded by tall pine trees, showing the Half Dome in the background, Yosemite National Park, California, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a wide river surrounded by tall pine trees, showing the Half Dome in the background, Yosemite National Park, California, [s.d.]. In the extreme foreground at center, a wide river can be seen extending into the background. Large pine trees can be seen along the banks of the river on all sides. To the right of the river, a pile of dead branches can be seen near one of the trees. The pine tree visible at right extends to the top of the image. In the extreme background at center, the Half Dome rock formation is visible with a single rounded peak. Several trees can also be seen dotting the mountain range.

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Title Wide river surrounded by tall pine trees, showing the Half Dome in the background, Yosemite National Park, California, [s.d.]

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Subject Parks (lcsh), rivers (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)

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-m24123

Identifier 49634 (accession number), CHS-49634 (call number), CHS-49634 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-23232 (legacy record id), chs-m24123 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 23232

Unique identifier UC123982

Legacy Identifier CHS-49634.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 22.4 in × 35.6 in at 300dpi
57.0 cm × 90.4 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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