California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Drawing of the bay at Monterey, by Captain William Smyth, R.N., ca.1839

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Drawing of the bay at Monterey, by Captain William Smyth, R.N., ca.1839

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Photograph of a drawing of the bay at Monterey, by Captain William Smyth, R.N., ca.1839. A man, sitting on a horse, and a woman are conversing under a large tilted tree (foreground). Early types of sailboats are moving through the waters of the bay. Small houses are sparsely spread out in the areas near the bay. A variety of trees cover the landscape. Picture file card reads: "by Captain Smyth, R.N., Del. Day and Hughes lithographers, to the Queen".

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Title Drawing of the bay at Monterey, by Captain William Smyth, R.N., ca.1839

Subject Carmel Mission (subject), Mission Carmel -- San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (file heading), Missions -- Mission Carmel (San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo) (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Monterey (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1839

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), 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 1839

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-m17486

Identifier 5758 (accession number), CHS-5758 (call number), CHS-5758 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17479 (legacy record id), chs-m17486 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14075 (legacy record id), 1-126-48 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17479

Unique identifier UC142804

Legacy Identifier CHS-5758.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.9 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

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