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California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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View of downtown Los Angeles, looking west down 4th street from the corner of 4th street and Main street, [s.d.]
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View of downtown Los Angeles, looking west down 4th street from the corner of 4th street and Main street, [s.d.]
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Description
Photograph of a view of downtown Los Angeles, looking west down 4th street from the corner of 4th street and Main street, [s.d.]. The busy street is full of people and carriages. Almost all of the people are dressed professionally and all of them are wearing hats. People can be seen conversing with each other, walking down the sidewalk, crossing the street, or riding in their horse-drawn carriages. Streetcar rails run down the middle of the road. Utility wires dangle overhead. The Bank stands about two-stories tall. Column-like buttresses provide support for this Greek-like building. A flagpole stands on top of the roof.; Legible signs include: "Farm[ers and] Mer[chants] National Bank of Los Angeles", "S. Main Street", "[...] Schmidt tailor", "trustee property no. 3, Union Trust Building", "café", "O.T. Johns [...], B[...]", "MacF[...]".
Asset Metadata
Title
View of downtown Los Angeles, looking west down 4th street from the corner of 4th street and Main street, [s.d.]
Subject
Banks and banking
(lcsh),
buildings
(lcsh),
roadways
(adlf),
Streets
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
4th Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Main Street
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
(aacr2),
glass plate negatives
(format),
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)
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-m17301
Identifier
5144 (
accession number
), CHS-5144 (
call number
), CHS-5144 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-17303 (
legacy record id
), chs-m17301 (
legacy record id
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
17303
Unique identifier
UC141831
Legacy Identifier
CHS-5144.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
15.7 in × 19.6 in at 300dpi
39.9 cm × 49.9 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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