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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Workers planting onions on the Petit Ranch, San Fernando Valley near Van Nuys, [s.d.]
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Workers planting onions on the Petit Ranch, San Fernando Valley near Van Nuys, [s.d.]
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Description
Photograph of workers planting onions on the Petit Ranch, San Fernando Valley near Van Nuys, [s.d.]. Several dozen workers are visible bent over the plowed dirt field. Most appear to be men and wear hats. Several buildings are visible amongst trees in the background, while mountains can be seen in the distance. Several wooden stakes can be seen in the ground in the foreground. Two hundred acres were planted in onions.
Asset Metadata
Title
Workers planting onions on the Petit Ranch, San Fernando Valley near Van Nuys, [s.d.]
Subject
agricultural sites
(adlf),
Agriculture
(lcsh),
Agriculture -- Crops -- Onions
(file heading),
Onion industry
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
USA
(countries)
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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)
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-m17612
Identifier
36820 (
accession number
), CHS-36820 (
call number
), CHS-36820 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-17602 (
legacy record id
), chs-m17612 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
17602
Unique identifier
UC142397
Legacy Identifier
CHS-36820.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.8 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
47.9 cm × 34.4 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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