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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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General view of the Grand Canyon looking east from Bissel Point showing the Colorado River, ca.1930
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General view of the Grand Canyon looking east from Bissel Point showing the Colorado River, ca.1930
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Description
Photograph of the general view of the Grand Canyon looking east from Bissel Point showing the Colorado River, ca.1930. The river winds its way through the steep walls of the canyon far below. The far rim of the canyon is visible in the distance.
Asset Metadata
Title
General view of the Grand Canyon looking east from Bissel Point showing the Colorado River, ca.1930
Subject
canyons
(lcsh),
canyons
(adlf),
Natural features -- Parks -- Grand Canyon -- Colorado River -- General views
(file heading),
Parks
(lcsh),
rivers
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Arizona
(states),
canyons: Grand Canyon
(geographic subject),
rivers: Colorado River
(geographic subject),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1925/1935
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 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
1925/1935
Creator
James, George Wharton
(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-m14097
Identifier
4679 (
accession number
), CHS-4679 (
call number
), CHS-4679 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-13641 (
legacy record id
), chs-m14097 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14257 (
legacy record id
), 1-186- (
microfiche number
), 1-91-89 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
), James-516 (
unidentified no.
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
13641
Unique identifier
UC137580
Legacy Identifier
CHS-4679.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.1 in × 13.0 in at 300dpi
43.5 cm × 33.1 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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