California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

The California Building at the San Francisco's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, California, ca.1915

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The California Building at the San Francisco's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, California, ca.1915

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Photograph of the California Building at the San Francisco's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, California, ca.1915. At center a man sits on one of the slabs joining the columns which support the archways above the entrance to the California building during San Francisco's 1915 World's Fair. A rug can be seen between the square columns to the right. Lanterns have been hung from the rafters above. To the left, a tall second building with spires and domes can be partially seen. Both buildings were mock-ups in the Exposition's architectural emphasis, made out of wood and a temporary material called "staff" made out of plaster and a burlap-type fiber. All buildings were restricted as well to an eight-color pastel theme that produced a sense of unity in the exhibit.

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Title The California Building at the San Francisco's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, California, ca.1915

Subject buildings (adlf), Exhibitions (lcsh), San Francisco -- Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915) (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1915

Type images

Format 1 microfilm frame : negative, b&w ; 35 mm. (aacr2), microfilms (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 1915

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

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9249

Identifier 6881 (accession number), CHS-6881 (call number), CHS-6881 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-9512 (legacy record id), chs-m9249 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-9385 (legacy record id), 1-48- (microfiche number), J (microfilm reel number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 9512

Unique identifier UC139776

Legacy Identifier CHS-6881.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.2 in × 15.1 in at 300dpi
48.9 cm × 38.4 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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