First Congregational Church between Third Street and Hill Streets, ca.1890

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Title First Congregational Church between Third Street and Hill Streets, ca.1890

Description Photograph of the exterior of the First Congregational Church on the southeast corner of Third Street and Hill Street, ca.1890. The building has a sharp spire rising from a square tower on the corner. The adjacent buildings (commercial and residential) are visible. Stretching over the street in the foreground are utility lines. A horse-drawn carriage is parked at the curb at right. Two pedestrians are on the sidewalk in front and to the side of the church. A woman is kneeling near the curb across the street near two utility poles in the foreground. Streetcar rails round the corner at right. Legible signs include: "The Scholl Ground Floor Gallery, S. Bros.", "Bartlett's Music House", "Hill St., [...]rd St.", "The cars stop".... It was dedicated on 16 May 1883. The pastor was A.G. Wells. It was sold to the Central Baptist Church nd later bought by the First Utilitarian Church.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.

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

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1890

Subject Churches (subject), Churches (lcsh), First Congregational Church (subject), LA (LA) -- Churches (subject), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Churches -- Congregational (file heading), Los Angeles -- Churches -- Congregational (file heading), religious facilities (adlf)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Downtown Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Old First Congregational Church (manmade features), Third Street & Hill Streets (roadways), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1890

Type images

Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m897

Identifier 1712 (accession number), CHS-1712 (call number), CHS-1712 (filename), isla id: S-4528 (identifying number), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8324 (legacy record id), chs-m897 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-901 (legacy record id), 1-5-7 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8324

Unique identifier UC124533

Legacy Identifier CHS-1712.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.1 in × 17.1 in at 300dpi
33.4 cm × 43.5 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

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