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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Exterior view of the old Whaling Station at Monterey, the first brick building in California, ca.1900
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Exterior view of the old Whaling Station at Monterey, the first brick building in California, ca.1900
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the old Whaling Station at Monterey, the first brick building in California, ca.1900. A two-story building can be seen at center, while two other buildings can be seen to the left of it behind a picket fence. A wooden slat fence on the right has writing on it. The fence was repaired at some point and the slats put back on not in the original order. A dirt road is visible in the foreground. Legible signs include: "A. Lewis & Co., [...] furniture, bedding, carpets, wallpaper, general housekeeping goods", ..."dry goods"....
Asset Metadata
Title
Exterior view of the old Whaling Station at Monterey, the first brick building in California, ca.1900
Subject
buildings
(lcsh),
Fishing
(lcsh),
industrial sites
(adlf),
Monterey County -- Monterey -- Architecture
(file heading),
Whaling
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Monterey
(city or populated place),
Monterey
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1900
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 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
1900
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7519
Identifier
327 (
accession number
), CHS-327 (
call number
), CHS-327 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-7652 (
legacy record id
), chs-m7519 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-7646 (
legacy record id
), 1-204- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
7652
Unique identifier
UC123488
Legacy Identifier
CHS-327.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.8 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
45.2 cm × 33.8 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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