California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

A spectacular view of the canyon along the Bright Angel trail, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930

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A spectacular view of the canyon along the Bright Angel trail, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930

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Photograph of a spectacular view of the canyon along the Bright Angel trail, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930. Two trees and some bushes partially block the view of the canyon below. The canyon below and as far as the eye can see covers a great distance.; "The Bright Angel Trail was originally an indian trail used by the Havasupai indians to commute between the rim and Indian Garden. The trail was improved by prospectors in the late 1800's. One of the miners, Ralph Cameron, realizing that the tourist trade was more profitable than the mining trade, bought out his partners and took control of the trail. He extended the trail from Indian Garden to the river and began to charge a toll of $1 for its use. The Park Service constructed the South Kaibab Trail shortly thereafter to provide tourist with a free access path to the river. In 1928, after a long ownership battle with the Mr. Cameron, ownership of the Bright Angel Trail was finally transferred to the National Park Service." -- Bob Ribokas.

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Title A spectacular view of the canyon along the Bright Angel trail, Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1930

Subject canyons (lcsh), canyons (adlf), Natural features -- Parks -- Grand Canyon -- Bright Angel Plateau, Trail (file heading), Parks (lcsh), trails (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1900/1930

Type images

Format 3 photographs : glass photonegatives, transparency, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat), transparencies (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 1900/1930

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-m17453

Identifier 5705 (accession number), CHS-5705 (call number), CHS-5705 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17448 (legacy record id), chs-m17453 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14268 (legacy record id), 1-91-215 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17448

Unique identifier UC142612

Legacy Identifier CHS-5705.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.5 in × 16.6 in at 300dpi
34.2 cm × 42.2 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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