California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting Monterey during the arrival of the United States Squadron of the Pacific sketched in 1842, ca.1932

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Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting Monterey during the arrival of the United States Squadron of the Pacific sketched in 1842, ca.1932

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Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer depicting Monterey during the arrival of the United States Squadron of the Pacific sketched in 1842, ca.1932. The wooden sheds and storehouses of the port are visible surrounding the harbor. The largest of the buildings is a two-story craftsman-style house with a balcony pictured at the left, the road in front of which contains a traveling horseman. At center, on the water, several masted ships and a few row boats navigate around the mountains visible on the horizon behind them. The scene commemorates the Squadron's arrival under the command of Commodore C. Jones, who took possession of California for the U.S. (by mistake). Text written-in below the image states this, as well as reading "From the Original by G.J. Denny". Vischer's signature, which usually appears in the lower right corner of his works, instead appears faintly in the lower left corner.

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Title Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting Monterey during the arrival of the United States Squadron of the Pacific sketched in 1842, ca.1932

Subject Carmel Mission (subject), Harbors (adlf), Harbors (lcsh), Jones, Com. C. (subject), Mission Carmel -- San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), Monterey County -- Monterey (file heading), ships (lcsh), United States -- History -- War with Mexico, 1845-1848 (lcsh), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Monterey (city or populated place), Monterey (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1932

Type images

Format 3 photographs : photonegative, transparency, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat), transparencies (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 1932

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (illustrator), 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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7539

Identifier 7285 (accession number), CHS-7285 (call number), CHS-7285 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7671 (legacy record id), chs-m7539 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14075 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-7666 (legacy record id), 1-127-39 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7671

Unique identifier UC123421

Legacy Identifier CHS-7285.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.8 in × 16.6 in at 300dpi
53.0 cm × 42.3 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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