California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Building constructed for Midwinter International Exposition, San Francisco, 1894

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Building constructed for Midwinter International Exposition, San Francisco, 1894

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Photograph of building constructed for Midwinter International Exposition, San Francisco, 1894. The museum is shown in Golden Gate Park and was originally constructed for the Midwinter International Exposition. It was the ancestor of the present De Young Museum. In the foreground at center, a paved path can be seen curving to the left. To the right of the path, small shrubs can Joshua trees can be seen. To the right of the path, a series of small columns connected by thick chains is visible. At the center of the path, a small girl wearing a lightly colored dress can be seen holding hands with another child wearing darker clothing. In the background, two large flagpoles flank the rectangular building. Steps can be seen leading to the structure, and a small statue of a sphinx is visible to the left of the stairs. A series of decorative columns are visible beside the entrance of the museum. Atop the structure, a small pyramid is visible.

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Title Building constructed for Midwinter International Exposition, San Francisco, 1894

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1894

Subject De Young Museum (subject), Exhibitions (lcsh), museum buildings (adlf), Museums (lcsh), San Francisco County -- Midwinter International Exposition (1894) (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), San Francisco (city or populated place), San Francisco (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1894

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 22 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)

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-m9239

Identifier 43909 (accession number), CHS-43909 (call number), CHS-43909 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-9502 (legacy record id), chs-m9239 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-9375 (legacy record id), USC (project), 5231 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 9502

Unique identifier UC139516

Legacy Identifier CHS-43909.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.3 in × 12.3 in at 300dpi
41.5 cm × 31.3 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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