California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Large rocks along the ocean, showing two people at the peak of the tallest rock with one person slightly raising arm and larger landmasses, [s.d.]

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Large rocks along the ocean, showing two people at the peak of the tallest rock with one person slightly raising arm and larger landmasses, [s.d.]

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Photograph of large rocks along the ocean, showing two people at the peak of the tallest rock with one person slightly raising arm, [s.d.]. In the extreme foreground, a large rock formation can be seen protruding from the surface of the water. In the background, additional rocks can be seen above the water's surface at right. To the left, a large rock cliff face can be seen. Two individuals are visible sitting at the top of the formation. One of the individuals can be seen slightly raising her left arm slightly. The large cliff extends a greater distance to the left. Description on photo sleeve reads: "Coastline--17 mile drive Monterey Peninsula (2-9)".

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Title Large rocks along the ocean, showing two people at the peak of the tallest rock with one person slightly raising arm and larger landmasses, [s.d.]

Subject natural rock formations (adlf), Ocean (lcsh), Rocks (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 16 cm. (aacr2), 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)

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-m23944

Identifier 49609 (accession number), CHS-49609 (call number), CHS-49609 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-22467 (legacy record id), chs-m23944 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 22467

Unique identifier UC123652

Legacy Identifier CHS-49609.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 22.9 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
58.2 cm × 34.9 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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