California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Mr. and Mrs. William Atwater and other unidentified people at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

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Mr. and Mrs. William Atwater and other unidentified people at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

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Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. William Atwater and other unidentified people at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912. Mr. Atwater is at center and is wearing a dark suit with a light collared shirt and a dark bowtie. He is wearing a dark cap backwards on his head and can be seen smiling. At right are two women with their backs to the camera, one with a light dress and hat and the other with a dark outfit. At left are a man and a woman. The woman is at extreme left and is wearing a dark dress with a light hat and is looking to the left. Next to her is a man in a dark suit with a dark bowler on his head. Several other blurry people can be seen near a tent in the background.

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Title Mr. and Mrs. William Atwater and other unidentified people at the Dominguez Hills Air Meet, 1912

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1912

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), airport features (adlf), Atwater, Mrs. (subject), Atwater, William (subject), Dominguez Air Meet of 1912 (subject), Transportation -- Air -- Aviation Meets -- Dominguez Air Show -- #2 (1912) (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1912

Type images

Format 2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 11 x 16 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)

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-m13066

Identifier 11723 (accession number), CHS-11723 (call number), CHS-11723 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12602 (legacy record id), chs-m13066 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13218 (legacy record id), 1-102- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12602

Unique identifier UC133707

Legacy Identifier CHS-11723.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.0 in × 12.0 in at 300dpi
50.8 cm × 30.6 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

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