California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Ramona's marriage place at a wishing well in San Diego, ca.1935

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Ramona's marriage place at a wishing well in San Diego, ca.1935

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Photograph of Ramona's marriage place at a wishing well in San Diego, ca.1935. A square wooden structure with a pointed tip sits amidst an arborous area, with a thin leafless tree in front of it. In the foreground at right, part of the roof of another structure can be seen on a lower level.; Photoprint reads: "Drop a coin in this well and make a wish and it's supposed to come true. Mine did as I got my job". Gift of Robert S. Conrich 1983.

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Title Ramona's marriage place at a wishing well in San Diego, ca.1935

Subject Alessandro (personal name), Books (lcsh), Fiction (lcsh), Indians -- Ramona -- Subjects (file heading), Indians of North America (lcsh), Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885 (naf), Ramona (personal name), Ranches (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), Temple, Sam (personal name)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1935

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 7 x 12 cm. (aacr2), 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 1935

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-m21251

Identifier 46823 (accession number), CHS-46823 (call number), CHS-46823 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20262 (legacy record id), chs-m21251 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14072 (legacy record id), USC (project), 805 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20262

Unique identifier UC133102

Legacy Identifier CHS-46823.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 7.5 in × 5.2 in at 300dpi
19.2 cm × 13.3 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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