California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

George Wharton James and Luther Burbank, ca.1906-1923

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George Wharton James and Luther Burbank, ca.1906-1923

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Photograp of Dr. Luther Burbank and George Wharton James seated on the porch of Burbank's house in Santa Rosa, CA, ca.1906-1923. Dr. Luther Burbank can be seen at left wearing a three-piece suit and hat. His hands are clasped on his lap, while his left leg is tucked under his right. He is looking at George Wharton James, who is seated at right. James can be seen wearing a three-piece suit and tie, as well as a hat. He has a long beard and mustache, and holds a pair of glasses in his hands in his lap. His legs are crossed at the ankles. The men can be seen seated between two wooden pillars, while what appears to be a door can be seen in the background. James was originally misidentified as Professor Davies.

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Title George Wharton James and Luther Burbank, ca.1906-1923

Subject buildings (adlf), Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926 (naf), James, George Wharton, 1858-1923 (naf), Portraits -- Burbank, Luther (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 607 Tupper Street (roadway), California (states), Santa Rosa (city or populated place), Sonoma (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1906/1923

Type images

Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm., 21 x 26 cm., 16 x 21 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 1906/1923

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13491

Identifier 947 (accession number), CHS-947 (call number), CHS-947 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12991 (legacy record id), chs-m13491 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13646 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12991

Unique identifier UC136147

Legacy Identifier CHS-947.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
43.3 cm × 33.2 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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