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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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On the Alamo River, two days from the Salton Sea, ca.1910
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On the Alamo River, two days from the Salton Sea, ca.1910
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Description
Photograph of the Alamo River, two days from the Salton Sea, ca.1910. The river can be seen running from the upper left corner of the photograph down to its lower-right one. Two small boats are moored near the right shore at center. What appears to be a construction site for a pipeline can be seen on the left shore.
Asset Metadata
Title
On the Alamo River, two days from the Salton Sea, ca.1910
Subject
Alamo River
(subject),
Boats and boating
(lcsh),
Natural features -- Rivers -- Colorado River
(file heading),
rivers
(lcsh),
rivers
(adlf)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Imperial
(counties),
rivers: Alamo River
(geographic subject),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1910
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 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
1910
Creator
James, George Wharton
(photographer)
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16742
Identifier
4285 (
accession number
), CHS-4285 (
call number
), CHS-4285 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-16675 (
legacy record id
), chs-m16742 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14306 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
16675
Unique identifier
UC141690
Legacy Identifier
CHS-4285.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.0 in × 12.9 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 32.8 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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