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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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View of Mastadon Rock at Shell Beach, El Pismo, ca.1905
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View of Mastadon Rock at Shell Beach, El Pismo, ca.1905
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Description
Photograph of a view of Mastadon Rock at Shell Beach, El Pismo, ca.1905. At center, two large rocks jut from the surf below. At left, the smaller and more jagged of the two rocks is visible, while the larger is at right, a groove worn into its bottom.
Asset Metadata
Title
View of Mastadon Rock at Shell Beach, El Pismo, ca.1905
Subject
Beaches
(lcsh),
natural rock formations
(adlf),
San Luis Obispo County -- General -- Ocean views
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Pismo Beach
(city or populated place),
San Luis Obispo
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1905
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
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
1905
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-m14192
Identifier
45380 (
accession number
), CHS-45380 (
call number
), CHS-45380 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-13900 (
legacy record id
), chs-m14192 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14316 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
13900
Unique identifier
UC137621
Legacy Identifier
CHS-45380.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
22.7 in × 16.7 in at 300dpi
57.7 cm × 42.4 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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