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Exterior view of the Japanese Fancy Goods store and Employment office in Downtown, Los Angeles, ca. 1890
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Exterior view of the Japanese Fancy Goods store and Employment office in Downtown, Los Angeles, ca. 1890
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the Japanese Fancy Goods store and Employment office in Downtown, Los Angeles, ca. 1890. This one-story building is sandwiched between brick apartment buildings. Utility poles and lines are visible. Two men are walking on the sidewalk in front. A horse-drawn carriage is at far right. The sign above the main entrance reads, "Japanese Fancy Goods. Employment Office". Once misattributed as Governor Pio Pico's office when he was governor of California and Los Angeles was state Capitol.
Asset Metadata
Title
Exterior view of the Japanese Fancy Goods store and Employment office in Downtown, Los Angeles, ca. 1890
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Date Created
1890
Subject
Architecture, Domestic
(lcsh),
buildings
(lcsh),
buildings
(adlf),
Los Angeles (LA) Architecture, Public Buildings -- General
(subject),
Streets
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1890
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.
(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)
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14721
Identifier
906 (
accession number
), CHS-906 (
call number
), CHS-906 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-15357 (
legacy record id
), chs-m14721 (
legacy record id
), 1-14-5 (
microfiche number
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
15357
Unique identifier
UC143025
Legacy Identifier
CHS-906.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.1 in × 15.8 in at 300dpi
51.1 cm × 40.3 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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