California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior view of the San Jose Post Office before the earthquake of April 18, 1906, ca.1900

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Exterior view of the San Jose Post Office before the earthquake of April 18, 1906, ca.1900

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Photograph of an exterior view of the San Jose Post Office before the earthquake of April 18, 1906, ca.1900. The Gothic post office is at center and is constructed of stone. There are three large towers, including two domed towers in the distance at left and a tall clock tower with a conical roof in the foreground at right. At left, a row of columns supports an overhang over a covered porch. A large dome can be seen between the towers. Several small trees are visible in the foreground, and an American flag is flying from a flagpole at right.

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Title Exterior view of the San Jose Post Office before the earthquake of April 18, 1906, ca.1900

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1900

Subject buildings (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Postal service -- Buildings (lcsh), Santa Clara County -- San Jose -- Architecture -- General (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), San Jose (city or populated place), Santa Clara (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 26 x 21 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)

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-m19343

Identifier 14586 (accession number), CHS-14586 (call number), CHS-14586 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-19247 (legacy record id), chs-m19343 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14352 (legacy record id), 1-211- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 19247

Unique identifier UC136841

Legacy Identifier CHS-14586.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.5 in × 17.5 in at 300dpi
31.9 cm × 44.5 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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