California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

The photographer Dr. George Wharton James (1858-1923), ca.1890-1905

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The photographer Dr. George Wharton James (1858-1923), ca.1890-1905

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Photograph of the photographer Dr. George Wharton James (1858-1923), ca.1890-1905, taken outdoors on a paved sidewalk near a grassy area. He is kneeling down to peer at his small bird (named "Scraggles" or "Srogles") perched on his left shoe. James has dark wavy hair combed up and back from his face and a long dark beard with mustache. He is wearing a buttoned double-breasted overcoat. He is probably in his 30's or 40's.

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Title The photographer Dr. George Wharton James (1858-1923), ca.1890-1905

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1890/1905

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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 1890/1905

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-m17280

Identifier 5017 (accession number), CHS-5017 (call number), CHS-5017 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17282 (legacy record id), chs-m17280 (legacy record id), 1-90-301 (microfiche number)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17282

Unique identifier UC141844

Legacy Identifier CHS-5017.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.4 in × 14.7 in at 300dpi
46.9 cm × 37.4 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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