California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

A man "hypnotizing" an alligator at an alligator farm (possibly the California Alligator Farm, Los Angeles), ca.1900

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A man "hypnotizing" an alligator at an alligator farm (possibly the California Alligator Farm, Los Angeles), ca.1900

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Photograph of a man "hypnotizing" an alligator at an alligator farm (possibly the California Alligator Farm, Los Angeles), ca.1900. A man in what appears to be casual dress and a brimmed hat bends on one knee and extends his left arm above the body of an overturned alligator. His sleeves are rolled up to his elbows. Other alligators are visible on the bank in the background. Foliage from a tree hangs in from above.

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Title A man "hypnotizing" an alligator at an alligator farm (possibly the California Alligator Farm, Los Angeles), ca.1900

Subject Agriculture -- Ranching -- Livestock -- Alligators (file heading), Alligators (lcsh), habitats (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 8 x 10 in.; 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 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

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-m17773

Identifier 6314A (accession number), CHS-6314A (call number), chs-6314A (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17759 (legacy record id), chs-m17773 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-9680 (legacy record id), 1-72-16 (microfiche number)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17759

Unique identifier UC142652

Legacy Identifier chs-6314A.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.4 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
52.0 cm × 41.2 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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