California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior view of the ruins of the old log Fort Fremont at Monterey, 1887

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Exterior view of the ruins of the old log Fort Fremont at Monterey, 1887

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Photograph of an exterior view of the ruins of the old log Fort Fremont at Monterey, 1887. The structure can be seen composed of logs, while part of the roof is missing. Field grass surrounds the structure, while mountains are visible in the distant background. A horse-drawn wagon visible in the distance at right.

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Title Exterior view of the ruins of the old log Fort Fremont at Monterey, 1887

Subject Fort Fremont (subject), Fortification (lcsh), fortifications (adlf), Monterey County -- Monterey -- Architecture (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1887

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 20 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 1887

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7511

Identifier 324 (accession number), CHS-324 (call number), CHS-324 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7644 (legacy record id), chs-m7511 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-7638 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-7755 (legacy record id), 1-22- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7644

Unique identifier UC123513

Legacy Identifier CHS-324.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.8 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
45.3 cm × 34.6 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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