California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of Mount San Antonio (also known as Mount Baldy), viewed from the ridge across San Antonio Canyon, Los Angeles County, ca.1885

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View of Mount San Antonio (also known as Mount Baldy), viewed from the ridge across San Antonio Canyon, Los Angeles County, ca.1885

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Photograph of a view of Mount San Antonio (also known as Mount Baldy), viewed from the ridge across San Antonio Canyon, Los Angeles County, ca.1885. The sides of the mountain, populated with a plethora of trees, are covered in snow.; "Mount San Antonio, also known as Old Baldy, is, at 10,080 feet, the highest peak in Los Angeles County. Located in the San Gabriel Mountains and within the Angeles National Forest, the snow-capped mountain is sometimes visible from as far away as Santa Monica." -- Leanord and Dale Pitt.

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Title View of Mount San Antonio (also known as Mount Baldy), viewed from the ridge across San Antonio Canyon, Los Angeles County, ca.1885

Subject Mountains (lcsh), Mountains (adlf), Natural features -- Mountains -- Mount San Antonio (Mount Baldy) (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1885

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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 1885

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-m17591

Identifier 6101 (accession number), CHS-6101 (call number), CHS-6101 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17581 (legacy record id), chs-m17591 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14239 (legacy record id), 1-84-48 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17581

Unique identifier UC142811

Legacy Identifier CHS-6101.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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