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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Chariot race at the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, ca.1908
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Chariot race at the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, ca.1908
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Description
Photograph of a chariot race at the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, ca.1908. Two chariots, each pulled by four horses, are racing down a dirt track lined with countless onlookers. There is an elevated obsevation box on the left of the track, possibly the location of a judge or VIP. Atop this box is an American flag. Behind the crowd there is a large building partially obscured by a big tree. In the background is a line of snow-covered mountains.
Asset Metadata
Title
Chariot race at the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, ca.1908
Subject
Chariots
(lcsh),
Festivals and parades -- Rose Parade -- General
(file heading),
Parades
(lcsh),
Recreation -- Horse racing
(file heading),
sports facilities
(adlf),
Tournament of Roses
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Pasadena
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1908
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
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
1908
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-m11234
Identifier
9853 (
accession number
), CHS-9853 (
call number
), CHS-9853 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-10657 (
legacy record id
), chs-m11234 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-11384 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-11638 (
legacy record id
), 1-37-207 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
10657
Unique identifier
UC140793
Legacy Identifier
CHS-9853.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.6 in × 12.7 in at 300dpi
47.4 cm × 32.3 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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