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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Rock pillar at Acoma, New Mexico, 1886.
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Rock pillar at Acoma, New Mexico, 1886.
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Description
Photograph of a rock pillar at Acoma, New Mexico, 1886. The tall slender rock pillar towers above the surrounding flat landscape upon which vegetation is sparse. A rough wooden corral, or other structure, stands at its base. Three wagons sit in front of the corral.
Asset Metadata
Title
Rock pillar at Acoma, New Mexico, 1886.
Subject
Acoma
(subject),
Acoma Indians
(subject),
Acoma Indians
(lcsh),
Indians -- Acoma
(file heading),
Indians of North America
(lcsh),
Natural curiosities
(subject),
natural rock formations
(adlf)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
New Mexico
(states),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1886
Type
images
Format
4 photographs : transparency, photoprints, b&w ; 25 x 20 cm., 22 x 17 cm., 21 x 26 cm., 13 x 18 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat),
transparencies
(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
1886
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
Send requests to address or e-mail given
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16872
Identifier
4537 (
accession number
), CHS-4537 (
call number
), CHS-4537 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-16794 (
legacy record id
), chs-m16872 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-13461 (
legacy record id
), 1-160-39 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
), James-1362 (
unidentified no.
), James-868 (
unidentified no.
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
16794
Unique identifier
UC141740
Legacy Identifier
CHS-4537.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
12.9 in × 16.8 in at 300dpi
32.8 cm × 42.6 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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