California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of the North Dome and the Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1930

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View of the North Dome and the Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1930

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Photograph of a view of the North Dome and the Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1930. Two dome-capped mountains are visible in the distance overlooking a river surrounded by trees and brushes. A hint of snow is visible on the two dome-capped mountains. A mountain further away is more heavily covered in snow. Large boulders sit on a bank next to the river (foreground).; "There are a number of domes or dome-like structures surrounding Yosemite Valley. For the most part, these features were shaped through exfoliation--the falling-away of chunks of granite--and weathering. It is believed that Half Dome--unlike its counterpart, North Dome (left)--was never a full dome. Some believe that this and the rest of Yosemite Valley's features were carved by glaciers during one of the major glacial periods, but some geologists make a strong case that exfoliation caused by water freezing in cracks had more impact than massive glaciers did. Recent large rockfalls in the Yosemite Falls area lend support to this theory. The Royal Arches can be seen as arcing shadows directly beneath North Dome." -- unknown author.

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Title View of the North Dome and the Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1930

Subject Mountains (lcsh), Natural features -- Parks -- Yosemite -- General views (file heading), Parks (adlf), Trees (lcsh), Waterfalls (lcsh), Yosemite national park (Calif.) (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1930

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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-m17456

Identifier 5715 (accession number), CHS-5715 (call number), CHS-5715 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17449 (legacy record id), chs-m17456 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14275 (legacy record id), 1-60-72 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17449

Unique identifier UC142501

Legacy Identifier CHS-5715.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.8 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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