California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Two old date palm trees near an adobe building in Ventura, originally planted by Franciscan missionaries, ca.1903-1920

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Two old date palm trees near an adobe building in Ventura, originally planted by Franciscan missionaries, ca.1903-1920

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Photograph of two old date palm trees near an adobe building in Ventura, originally planted by Franciscan missionaries, ca.1903-1920. At center, two large palm trees can be seen with a small adobe structure between them. The two trees and the building are situated behind a low stone or adobe wall encircling them in a rectangle. The sidewalk, curb and street are adjacent to the front of the wall in the foreground. A few other buildings are visible in the background. Tall trees are visible in the distance.

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Title Two old date palm trees near an adobe building in Ventura, originally planted by Franciscan missionaries, ca.1903-1920

Subject Adobe houses (lcsh), Franciscans (lcsh), Missionaries (lcsh), Palms (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Ventura County -- General (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1903/1920

Type images

Format 1 photograph : glass transparency, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), glass plate transparencies (format), 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 1903/1920

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-m10132

Identifier 2266 (accession number), CHS-2266 (call number), CHS-2266 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-10368 (legacy record id), chs-m10132 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-10274 (legacy record id), 1-125-12 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 10368

Unique identifier UC140519

Legacy Identifier CHS-2266.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.7 in × 18.1 in at 300dpi
34.9 cm × 46.1 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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