California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Birdseye view of Saint Pauls' Episcopal Cathedral, May 1926

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Birdseye view of Saint Pauls' Episcopal Cathedral, May 1926

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Photograph of a birdseye view of Saint Pauls' Episcopal Cathedral, May 1926. Just to the left of center, the entrance to the cathedral is shown, a set of double doors. To the right, the courtyard is visible enclosed by wrought-iron fence. In the background, tall city buildings are visible.; Saint Paul's Episcopal Church traces its origins in Los Angeles to 1865, when it was known as the Saint. Athanasius Parish Church. In the 1880s the name was changed to Saint Paul's Church, and the church's location was moved from its original spot on New High Street to South Olive Street (where the Biltmore Hotel was later located). Construction of the cathedral at 615 South Figueroa Street began in 1923. The new building was consecrated on 12 November 1924. -- Based on information in A guide to historic places in Los Angeles County. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1978.

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Title Birdseye view of Saint Pauls' Episcopal Cathedral, May 1926

Subject Churches (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Churches -- Episcopal (file heading), Los Angeles -- Churches -- Episcopal (file heading), religious facilities (adlf), St. Paul's Episcopal Church (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 615 South Figueroa Street (roadway), California (states), Don Lee Cadillac (manmade features), Downtown Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Rex Arms Hotel Apartments (manmade features), Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral (manmade features), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1926-05-28

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)

Date Created 1926-05-28

Contributor Lewis, Jim (contributor)

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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17683

Identifier 36942 (accession number), CHS-36942 (call number), CHS-36942 (filename), isla id: S-4517 (identifying number), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17671 (legacy record id), chs-m17683 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17671

Unique identifier UC142272

Legacy Identifier CHS-36942.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 23.2 in × 16.5 in at 300dpi
59.1 cm × 42.0 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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