California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of San Francisco from Nob Hill after the earthquake and fire, 1906

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View of San Francisco from Nob Hill after the earthquake and fire, 1906

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Photograph of a view of San Francisco from Nob Hill after the earthquake and the fire, 1906. The remains of hundreds of buildings are visible, including several large brick structures. The ground in the foreground is littered with rubble, while in the distance, most buildings have been completely destroyed. Several brick chimneys can be seen standing among piles of debris. A hill is visible in the background at left, while a cloud of ash and smoke creates a haze over the city.

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Title View of San Francisco from Nob Hill after the earthquake and fire, 1906

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

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1906

Subject cities (adlf), Earthquakes (lcsh), Fires (lcsh), San Francisco -- Earthquake (1906) -- #1 (Panoramas) (file heading), San Francisco County -- San Francisco Earthquake -- Panoramas (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1906

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (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)

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-m9731

Identifier 33177 (accession number), CHS-33177 (call number), CHS-33177 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-9979 (legacy record id), chs-m9731 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-9870 (legacy record id), USC (project), 50 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 9979

Unique identifier UC139609

Legacy Identifier CHS-33177.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.2 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
51.3 cm × 40.8 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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