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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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View of 6th Street looking west from Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, ca.1911-1913
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View of 6th Street looking west from Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, ca.1911-1913
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Description
Photograph of a view of 6th Street looking west from Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, ca.1911-1913. A majority of the buildings are above four-stories tall. Notable building is the Pacific Electric building (left). Other buildings include the Los Angeles Trust & Savings Bank building (aka Trust Building, built in 1911) located at north-west corner of Spring and 6th Streets and the First Methodist Episcopal Church (built in 1900, demolished prior to 1913, when it was replaced with the Metropolitan Building) visible in the extreme background at north-east corner of Hill and 6th Streets. Streetcar tracks line the street. Horse-drawn carriages and early-model cars can be seen parked or moving down the street. The street is busy with pedestrian traffic. Legible signs include: "P.E. Garage, Sam Johnson Auto Co.", "P.E. Buffet", "breaker", on a vehicle "43254 Cal.", "[...] Newport Co.".
Asset Metadata
Title
View of 6th Street looking west from Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, ca.1911-1913
Subject
Automobiles
(lcsh),
buildings
(lcsh),
roadways
(adlf),
Street-railroads
(lcsh),
Streets
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Los Angeles Street
(roadway),
Sixth Street
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1911/1913
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 26 x 21 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)
Date Created
1911/1913
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10541
Identifier
5646 (
accession number
), CHS-5646 (
call number
), CHS-5646 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-15673 (
legacy record id
), chs-m10541 (
legacy record id
), 1-8-14 (
microfiche number
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
15673
Unique identifier
UC143193
Legacy Identifier
CHS-5646.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
13.5 in × 16.4 in at 300dpi
34.2 cm × 41.8 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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