California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of (or from) Mount Wilson above the clouds, ca.1930

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View of (or from) Mount Wilson above the clouds, ca.1930

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View of (or from) Mount Wilson looking west above the clouds, California. Mount San Antonio in distance. The tops of several fir trees are in the foreground.

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Title View of (or from) Mount Wilson above the clouds, ca.1930

Subject Clouds (lcsh), Mount Wilson Observatory (subject), Mountains (lcsh), Mountains (adlf), Observatories (lcsh), Observatories -- Mount Wilson Observatory (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), mountains: Mount Wilson (geographic subject), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1930

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 20 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 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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10568

Identifier 52 (accession number), CHS-52 (call number), CHS-52 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-15690 (legacy record id), chs-m10568 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-10716 (legacy record id), 1-84-1 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 15690

Unique identifier UC143336

Legacy Identifier CHS-52.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 14.1 in at 300dpi
47.4 cm × 35.9 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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