California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Exterior view of Paso Robles Public Library, San Luis Obispo County, California, ca.1905

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Exterior view of Paso Robles Public Library, San Luis Obispo County, California, ca.1905

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Photograph of the exterior view of Paso Robles Public Library, San Luis Obispo County, California, ca.1905. The two-story building features a wide stairway that leads to large covered entrance, supported by two columns. A "Public Library" sign is displayed above the entrance, just below the large pediment. A gazeebo is situated to the left of the building.

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Title Exterior view of Paso Robles Public Library, San Luis Obispo County, California, ca.1905

Subject Hot springs (lcsh), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), James, Jesse (subject), Libraries (lcsh), library buildings (adlf), San Luis Obispo County -- Paso Robles (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Paso Robles (city or populated place), San Luis Obispo (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1905

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18784

Identifier 8353 (accession number), CHS-8353 (call number), CHS-8353 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18635 (legacy record id), chs-m18784 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14326 (legacy record id), 1-208- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18635

Unique identifier UC135986

Legacy Identifier CHS-8353.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.0 in × 14.5 in at 300dpi
48.2 cm × 36.8 cm at 300dpi

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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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