California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Eight hikers sitting on the Bright Angel Trail on the rim of the Grand Canyon, 1900-1940

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Eight hikers sitting on the Bright Angel Trail on the rim of the Grand Canyon, 1900-1940

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Photograph of eight hikers sitting (4 men, 4 women -- 1 standing) on the Bright Angel Trail on the rim of the Grand Canyon near two scraggly trees and a couple of small bushes, 1900-1940. The ground is rocky. The Canyon is visible in the distance. Most of the men have removed their jackets and are wearing suspenders. Everyone has a hat on his/her head.

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Title Eight hikers sitting on the Bright Angel Trail on the rim of the Grand Canyon, 1900-1940

Subject canyons (lcsh), canyons (adlf), Hiking (lcsh), Natural features -- Parks -- Grand Canyon -- Campers, hikers, prospectors (file heading), Parks (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Arizona (states), canyons: Grand Canyon (geographic subject), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900/1940

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, 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 1900/1940

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-m14785

Identifier 1013 (accession number), CHS-1013 (call number), CHS-1013 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-15419 (legacy record id), chs-m14785 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14270 (legacy record id), 1-91-1 (microfiche number)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 15419

Unique identifier UC142653

Legacy Identifier CHS-1013.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.7 in × 15.7 in at 300dpi
52.6 cm × 40.0 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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