Snowplow removing snow from Chinnook Pass on Mount Rainier by the south entrance, 1900-1950

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Photograph of a snowplow removing snow from Chinnook Pass on Mount Rainier by the south entrance, 1900-1950. A snowplow can be seen to the left of center on the left side of a dirt road that runs from the center foreground towards the background. A pile of snow extends above the snowplow at left, while snow is visible spraying out of the right side of the plow onto a dirty pile of snow at right. An automobile is visible on the road at center behind the plow, while a rocky mountain slopes upwards in the background. Pine trees are visible in the right background on top of the mountain.

Asset Metadata

Title Snowplow removing snow from Chinnook Pass on Mount Rainier by the south entrance, 1900-1950

Subject Mountains (lcsh), Natural features -- Mountains -- General -- Identified (file heading), roadways (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900/1950

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 1900/1950

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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m19164

Identifier 10120 (accession number), CHS-10120 (call number), CHS-10120 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-19076 (legacy record id), chs-m19164 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14235 (legacy record id), 1-84- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 19076

Unique identifier UC136580

Legacy Identifier CHS-10120.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.3 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
51.6 cm × 40.6 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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