Portrait of Franz Lecouvreur, one of the founders of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles, [s.d.]

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Title Portrait of Franz Lecouvreur, one of the founders of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles, [s.d.]

Description Photographic portrait of Franz Lecouvreur, one of the founders of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles, [s.d.]. Franz (Frank) Lecouvreur is shown from his upper torso to his head and is looking slightly to the left. He is wearing a dark jacket, light vest, light shirt, and dark bowtie. He has a long goatee and thick dark mustache. His dark hair is thin and has receded into a prominent widow's peak. He has a pair of small, round-framed glasses perched on his nose. In addition to his role with the bank, Lecouvreur was a director, employee, assistant cashier, cashier, Los Angeles County Surveyor and author of the book "From East Prussia to the Golden Gate". Picture file card also mentions Theodore Maximilian Ferdinand. Photoprint reads: "Surveyor in this area 1862-1885. Surveyed A.B. Chapman tract in Orange County".

Contributor Farmers and Merchants Bank (donor), Putnam, Mr. (donor)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Subject Lecouvreur, Frank (subject), Men (lcsh), Portraits -- Le (file heading)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 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)

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-m19243

Identifier 14204 (accession number), CHS-14204 (call number), CHS-14204 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-19154 (legacy record id), chs-m19243 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13879 (legacy record id), 1-90-344 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 19154

Unique identifier UC136600

Legacy Identifier CHS-14204.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.1 in × 19.8 in at 300dpi
38.5 cm × 50.4 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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