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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Locomotive engine used by a salt works, California, ca.1910
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Locomotive engine used by a salt works, California, ca.1910
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Description
Photograph of a locomotive engine used by a salt works, California, ca.1910. Hitched to the engine is a cargo car that supports a large corrugated utility drum. The engine itself is rounded, with a dome pressure gage and fluted smokestack. A tube runs from the top of the engine to the side of the engineer's cabin. Tracks are visible laid in the soft ground in front of the engine, and the roof of a building can be seen behind it.
Asset Metadata
Title
Locomotive engine used by a salt works, California, ca.1910
Subject
Borax mines and mining
(lcsh),
Industry -- Borax (salt)
(file heading),
Locomotives
(lcsh),
Railroads
(lcsh),
Salt industry and trade
(lcsh),
Salt lakes
(lcsh),
Transportation -- Railroads -- General
(file heading),
transportation features
(adlf)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1905/1915
Type
images
Format
3 photographs : transparencies, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat),
transparencies
(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
1905/1915
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
(photographer),
Skinner, Fred
(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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11147
Identifier
6850 (
accession number
), CHS-6850 (
call number
), CHS-6850 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-10486 (
legacy record id
), chs-m11147 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-11297 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-12510 (
legacy record id
), 1-104-24 (
microfiche number
), 1-119-38 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
10486
Unique identifier
UC140563
Legacy Identifier
CHS-6850.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.0 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.4 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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