California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Two men stand at the foot of a Big Tree in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1900

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Two men stand at the foot of a Big Tree in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1900

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Photograph of two hikers standing at the foot of a Big Tree in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1900. The massive tree has a sign on it which reads "Mariposa". Each man has a walking stick and wears a bed roll across his right shoulder. The forest is visible in the background.

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Title Two men stand at the foot of a Big Tree in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1900

Subject Natural features -- Parks -- Yosemite -- Mariposa Grove (file heading), Parks (lcsh), Trees (lcsh), woods (adlf), Yosemite National Park (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 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 1900

Creator Brickey, E.M. (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-m15163

Identifier 1696 (accession number), CHS-1696 (call number), CHS-1696 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-14026 (legacy record id), chs-m15163 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14280 (legacy record id), 1-73-24 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 14026

Unique identifier UC143369

Legacy Identifier CHS-1696.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.2 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
43.8 cm × 33.6 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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