California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior of Saint Vincent's Roman Catholic Church as seen from the far corner of Figueroa Street and Adams Boulevard, March 1, 1931

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Exterior of Saint Vincent's Roman Catholic Church as seen from the far corner of Figueroa Street and Adams Boulevard, March 1, 1931

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Photograph of an exterior view of Saint Vincent's Roman Catholic Church as seen from the far corner of Figueroa Street and Adams Boulevard, March 1, 1931. Automobiles park along the street in the foreground in front of the church. The tall, lightly-colored church stands at center. Intricate carvings decorate its stone walls. Palm stand over its front yard. Other buildings stand in the background on either side.

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Title Exterior of Saint Vincent's Roman Catholic Church as seen from the far corner of Figueroa Street and Adams Boulevard, March 1, 1931

Subject Automobiles (subject), Churches (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Churches -- Roman Catholic (file heading), Palm trees (subject), religious facilities (adlf), St. Vincent's Catholic Church (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 621 West Adams Boulevard (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Saint Vincent de Paul Church (manmade features), USA (countries)

Geocoordinate 34.02692,-118.27495 (point), 34.02813,-118.27408 (point), 34.02822,-118.27646 (point), 34.02933,-118.27504 (point)

Temporal Subject 1931-03-01

Type images

Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 17 x 22 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 1931-03-01

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-m17690

Identifier 37362 (accession number), CHS-37362 (call number), CHS-37362 (filename), isla id: S-4576 (identifying number), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17678 (legacy record id), chs-m17690 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17678

Unique identifier UC142355

Legacy Identifier CHS-37362.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.6 in × 19.6 in at 300dpi
39.8 cm × 50.0 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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