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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Thirteen horse-drawn plows on Van Nuys grain ranch, ca.1900
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Thirteen horse-drawn plows on Van Nuys grain ranch, ca.1900
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Description
Photograph of 13 horse-drawn plows on Van Nuys grain ranch, ca.1900. Six horses and a driver are on each team. The long line of teams is lined up at the edge of a large field prepared to begin plowing for the day. A line of trees devoid of foliage is visible behind them. This wheat field is located in the southeasterly portion of the San Fernando Valley.
Asset Metadata
Title
Thirteen horse-drawn plows on Van Nuys grain ranch, ca.1900
Subject
agricultural sites
(adlf),
Agriculture
(lcsh),
Agriculture -- Ranching -- General
(file heading),
Grain trade
(lcsh),
Grasses
(lcsh),
Horses
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
San Fernando Valley
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries),
Van Nuys
(city or populated place)
Temporal Subject
1900
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 8 x 10 in.; 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.
(aacr2),
glass plate negatives
(format),
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
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9486
Identifier
1388 (
accession number
), CHS-1388 (
call number
), CHS-1388 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-9740 (
legacy record id
), chs-m9486 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-9623 (
legacy record id
), 1-117-12 (
microfiche number
), 1-49- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
9740
Unique identifier
UC139925
Legacy Identifier
CHS-1388.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.2 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
43.8 cm × 33.3 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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