California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Sketch depicting the capture of Monterey and the raising of the U.S. flag on July 7, 1846

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Sketch depicting the capture of Monterey and the raising of the U.S. flag on July 7, 1846

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Photograph of a sketch depicting the capture of Monterey and the raising of the U.S. flag on July 7, 1846. The flag is being raised by a man climbing on a flagpole near the customs house, a two story building on the right side of the image. There is a large crowd gathered at the base of the flagpole, including several lines of soldiers, some of which are raising their hats in the air. In the background on the right side of the image are three ships that have fired their cannon in celebration.

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Title Sketch depicting the capture of Monterey and the raising of the U.S. flag on July 7, 1846

Subject coastal zones (adlf), Fortification (lcsh), Monterey County -- Monterey (file heading), Navies (lcsh), ships (lcsh), United States -- History -- War with Mexico, 1845-1848 (lcsh), War (lcsh), Warships (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1846-07-07

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), 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)

Date Created 1846-07-07

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-m7534

Identifier 10081 (accession number), CHS-10081 (call number), CHS-10081 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7666 (legacy record id), chs-m7534 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-7661 (legacy record id), 1-204- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7666

Unique identifier UC123462

Legacy Identifier CHS-10081.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.3 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
51.7 cm × 41.2 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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