View of commercial "C" street in Virginia City, Nevada, showing the hills in the background, ca.1935

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Photograph of a view of commercial "C" street in Virginia City, Nevada, showing the hills in the background, ca.1935. The paved street is shown at center, running from the left foreground to the center distance, with automobiles parked intermittently along the plank sidewalk to either side. Two- and three-story brick commercial shops run the length of the street, their display windows shaded by awnings. To the right, one of the buildings features the sign "Hotel Virgi[?]". To the left, a sign that reads "Shoe house" can be seen reflected in a shop window. On the same side of the street, another shop bears a sign that reads "[?] Inc. Groceries". Farther down the street, a final sign reads "[C]rystal". A hillside littered by small rocks can be seen in the distance, sloping down to the right. Photoprint reads: "This was one of the richest mining camps in history. The mines under this city produced 900 million dollars worth of gold and silver. There are 600 miles of tunneling under the city and vicinity".

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Title View of commercial "C" street in Virginia City, Nevada, showing the hills in the background, ca.1935

Subject Mines and mineral resources (lcsh), Mining -- Out of state -- Nevada -- Virginia City (file heading), roadways (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place C Street (roadway), Nevada (states), USA (countries), Virginia City (city or populated place)

Temporal Subject 1935

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm., 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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 1935

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-m19094

Identifier 20418 (accession number), CHS-20418 (call number), CHS-20418 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-19009 (legacy record id), chs-m19094 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14223 (legacy record id), 1-113-36 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 19009

Unique identifier UC137352

Legacy Identifier CHS-20418.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.7 in × 10.8 in at 300dpi
35.0 cm × 27.6 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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