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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Two men raising (or lowering) a flag in front of the Mexican Custom House, just below the first heading of the Colorado River, near Mexicali, ca.1910
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Two men raising (or lowering) a flag in front of the Mexican Custom House, just below the first heading of the Colorado River, near Mexicali, ca.1910
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Description
Photograph of two men raising (or lowering) a flag in front of the Mexican Custom House, just below the first heading of the Colorado River, near Mexicali, ca.1910. The small lath, thatch, and corrugated metal building stands in an area devoid of other structures surrounded by sparsely vegetated flat land.
Asset Metadata
Title
Two men raising (or lowering) a flag in front of the Mexican Custom House, just below the first heading of the Colorado River, near Mexicali, ca.1910
Subject
buildings
(adlf),
Custom houses
(lcsh),
Customs administration -- Officials and employees
(lcsh),
Mexico -- General
(file heading),
Natural features -- Rivers -- Colorado River
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Baja California
(states),
Mexicali
(counties),
Mexico
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1910
Type
images
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, 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
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
(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-m16720
Identifier
4251 (
accession number
), CHS-4251 (
call number
), CHS-4251 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-16653 (
legacy record id
), chs-m16720 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14140 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14306 (
legacy record id
), 1-156- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
16653
Unique identifier
UC141270
Legacy Identifier
CHS-4251.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
16.9 in × 13.0 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 33.2 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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