California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Interior view of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History showing displays of prehistoric skeletons and artifacts, 1920

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Interior view of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History showing displays of prehistoric skeletons and artifacts, 1920

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Photograph of the interior view of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History showing displays of prehistoric skeletons and artifacts, 1920. The skeleton of a mastodon is propped up on top of a platform by use of metal bars. A metallic band, attached by nails(?), encircles the rib cage and holds it together. Tables nearby offer view of prehistoric artifacts. Glass tops protect the artifacts.

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Title Interior view of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History showing displays of prehistoric skeletons and artifacts, 1920

Subject Animals -- Prehistoric (file heading), Animals, Fossil (lcsh), Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History (subject), museum buildings (adlf), Museums (lcsh), Skeletons (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1920

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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 1920

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-m9679

Identifier 5701 (accession number), CHS-5701 (call number), CHS-5701 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-9928 (legacy record id), chs-m9679 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-9818 (legacy record id), 1-63- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 9928

Unique identifier UC139875

Legacy Identifier CHS-5701.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.7 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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