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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Southern Pacific train nearing a mining tunnel, California, ca.1870
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Southern Pacific train nearing a mining tunnel, California, ca.1870
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Description
Photograph of a Southern Pacific train nearing a mining tunnel, California, ca.1870. Two men pose on the back of the engineer's cabin of a locomotive engine while a third leans out from the side window. They trail a coal car behind them whose side reads "Southern Pacific R.R.". Behind them, a rock face slopes down from the right, a tunnel cut out with a wood frame at its center, for which the train is headed. A tree is visible on top of the rock face. Wood beams line the side of the rail road tracks.; Picture file card reads: "According to Bob Wolfenstein, this picture was taken in the 1870's as engines and men's dress are typical of that period. Tunnel is definitely not the San Fernando Tunnel--probably the Newhall Tunnel. 3-7-74.".
Asset Metadata
Title
Southern Pacific train nearing a mining tunnel, California, ca.1870
Subject
mine sites
(adlf),
Mines and mineral resources
(lcsh),
Mining -- Los Angeles County
(file heading),
Tunnels
(adlf)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1870
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 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
1870
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-m13995
Identifier
6922 (
accession number
), CHS-6922 (
call number
), CHS-6922 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-13463 (
legacy record id
), chs-m13995 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14152 (
legacy record id
), 1-158- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
13463
Unique identifier
UC137659
Legacy Identifier
CHS-6922.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.0 in × 15.6 in at 300dpi
50.9 cm × 39.6 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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