California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

George Wharton James at his desk with a small bird, "Scraggles", perched on his finger, ca.1890-1905

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George Wharton James at his desk with a small bird, "Scraggles", perched on his finger, ca.1890-1905

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Photograph of George Wharton James sitting at his desk with a small bird, "Scraggles", perched on his finger, ca.1890-1905. The bearded James is taking notes. Various office implements (scissors, ink? bottle, pen) lay on the desk. A row of books occupies the back of the desk. James was a prolific writer, lecturer, and booster of Southern California. James lived from 1858 to 1923.

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Title George Wharton James at his desk with a small bird, "Scraggles", perched on his finger, ca.1890-1905

Subject Authors (lcsh), Birds (lcsh), Desks (lcsh), James, George Wharton, 1858-1923 (naf), Portraits -- James, Dr. George Wharton (file heading), residential sites (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photoprints, b&w ; 16 x 21 cm., 17 x 22 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

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-m16824

Identifier 4484 (accession number), CHS-4484 (call number), CHS-4484 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-16748 (legacy record id), chs-m16824 (legacy record id), 1-90-302 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 16748

Unique identifier UC141797

Legacy Identifier CHS-4484.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.3 in × 12.3 in at 300dpi
41.5 cm × 31.3 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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