California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Sphynx-like rock formation on the side of a cliff at Kings River Canyon, ca.1900-1940

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Sphynx-like rock formation on the side of a cliff at Kings River Canyon, ca.1900-1940

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Photograph of a Sphinx-like rock formation on the side of a cliff at Kings River Canyon, ca.1900-1940. The rock formation can be seen at center, while the cliff slopes downward towards bottom right. Other mountains are visible in the distance.

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Title Sphynx-like rock formation on the side of a cliff at Kings River Canyon, ca.1900-1940

Subject Mountains (lcsh), Natural features -- Mountains -- General -- Identified (file heading), Natural features -- Rock formations (file heading), natural rock formations (adlf), Rocks (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900/1940

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photoprints, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), 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-m17546

Identifier 5962 (accession number), CHS-5962 (call number), CHS-5962 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17538 (legacy record id), chs-m17546 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14235 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14308 (legacy record id), 1-80-38 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17538

Unique identifier UC142706

Legacy Identifier CHS-5962.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.2 in × 18.9 in at 300dpi
38.7 cm × 48.0 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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