California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

The bear flag of Sonoma, the upper portion of which is the flagpole of the celebrated "Bear Flag Uprising", California, ca.1923

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The bear flag of Sonoma, the upper portion of which is the flagpole of the celebrated "Bear Flag Uprising", California, ca.1923

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Photograph the bear flag of Sonoma, the upper portion of which is the flagpole of the celebrated "Bear Flag Uprising", California, ca.1923. Situated in front of a two-story building (hotel?), the flagpole stands next to a large boulder with the S.V.W.C. (Sonoma Valley Women's Club) Bear Flag Monument Plaque. Stacks of pipes(?) lay near several of the trees that surrounds the flagpole. A man appears to be raising (or lowering?) the flag.; "Historic California Bear Flag as photographed in 1890. This flag, raised at Sonoma on June 14, 1846, was in the possession of the Society of California Pioneers at the time of the 1906 Great Earthquake and Fire, and burned during the conflagration. According to the California Blue Book: 'the flag was designed by William Todd on a piece of new unbleached cotton. The star imitated the lone star of Texas. A grizzly bear represented the many bears seen in the state. The word, 'California Republic' was placed beneath the star and bear. The Bear Flag was replaced by the American flag. It was adopted by the 1911 State Legislature as the State Flag.'" -- unknown author.; "

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Title The bear flag of Sonoma, the upper portion of which is the flagpole of the celebrated "Bear Flag Uprising", California, ca.1923

Subject buildings (lcsh), Flags (lcsh), monuments (adlf), Sonoma County -- Sonoma (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Sonoma (city or populated place), Sonoma (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1923

Type images

Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.; 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w (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)

Date Created 1923

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-m17451

Identifier 5695 (accession number), CHS-5695 (call number), CHS-5695 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17446 (legacy record id), chs-m17451 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14350 (legacy record id), 1-214- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17446

Unique identifier UC142581

Legacy Identifier CHS-5695.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.5 in × 16.8 in at 300dpi
34.2 cm × 42.7 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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