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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Three large bird coops covered in pigeons on a pigeon ranch on the Los Angeles River, ca.1900
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Three large bird coops covered in pigeons on a pigeon ranch on the Los Angeles River, ca.1900
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Description
Photograph of three large bird coops covered in pigeons on a pigeon ranch on the Los Angeles River just past the Riverside bridge at the junction of Verdugo Road and San Fernando Boulevard, ca.1900. 20,000 pigeons are daily fed 1,500 pounds of grain under the care of a superintendant and three helpers who also dress 300 to 500 squabs each day for market. A tree and brush covered slope is visible behind
Asset Metadata
Title
Three large bird coops covered in pigeons on a pigeon ranch on the Los Angeles River, ca.1900
Subject
agricultural sites
(adlf),
Agriculture -- Ranching -- Livestock -- Pigeons
(file heading),
Pigeons
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries),
Verdugo Road & San Fernando Boulevard
(roadway)
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
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-m9596
Identifier
1772 (
accession number
), CHS-1772 (
call number
), CHS-1772 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-9845 (
legacy record id
), chs-m9596 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-9735 (
legacy record id
), 1-88-5 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
9845
Unique identifier
UC139915
Legacy Identifier
CHS-1772.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.1 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
43.6 cm × 33.7 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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