California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Map of California from the geological survey of 1853 conducted by Lieutenant R. W. Williamson, United States Topographical Engineer

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Map of California from the geological survey of 1853 conducted by Lieutenant R. W. Williamson, United States Topographical Engineer

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Photograph of a map of California from the geological survey of 1853 conducted by Lieutenant R. W. Williamson, United States Topographical Engineer. Transcription reads: "exploration and surveys for a R.R. Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. War Department. Geological map of a part of the state of California, explored in 1853 by Lieut. R.S. Williamson, U.S. topological engineer. Prepared to accompany the report of William P. Blake, geologists of the expedition", " Lith of survey Mayer & Knapp, NY".

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Title Map of California from the geological survey of 1853 conducted by Lieutenant R. W. Williamson, United States Topographical Engineer

Subject Geology (lcsh), Maps -- California (file heading), United States Topographic Service (subject), Williamson, Lieutenant R. S. (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1853

Type images, maps

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), maps (aat), 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)

Date Created 1853

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer), Williams, Lt. R.S., cartographer (creator)

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-m13224

Identifier 8314 (accession number), CHS-8314 (call number), CHS-8314 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12734 (legacy record id), chs-m13224 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13377 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12734

Unique identifier UC136039

Legacy Identifier CHS-8314.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 14.0 in × 17.2 in at 300dpi
35.5 cm × 43.7 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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