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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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First Congregational Church between Third Street and Hill Streets, ca.1890
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First Congregational Church between Third Street and Hill Streets, ca.1890
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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.
Asset Metadata
Title
First Congregational Church between Third Street and Hill Streets, ca.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-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
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Geocoordinate
34.0512,-118.24823 (
point
), 34.05166,-118.24855 (
point
), 34.05169,-118.24789 (
point
), 34.05209,-118.24825 (
point
)
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)
Date Created
1890
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
Send requests to address or e-mail given
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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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