California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Early-model automobile at the "Devil's Golf Course" area of Death Valley, ca.1928

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Early-model automobile at the "Devil's Golf Course" area of Death Valley, ca.1928

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Photograph of an early-model automobile at the "Devil's Golf Course" area of Death Valley, ca.1928. The car is at center. It is a dark-colored, two-door convertible and is facing to the right. There is a person behind the wheel, visible only in profile. The ground around the car is extremely rugged and rocky, although it is relatively flat. There are tall mountains in the distance that stretch across the entire image. Picture file card mentions Charles Puck.

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Title Early-model automobile at the "Devil's Golf Course" area of Death Valley, ca.1928

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Deserts (lcsh), Deserts (adlf), Mountains (lcsh), Natural features -- Parks -- Death Valley (file heading), Parks (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), deserts: Death Valley (geographic subject), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1928

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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 1928

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-m20233

Identifier 14219 (accession number), CHS-14219 (call number), CHS-14219 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-21031 (legacy record id), chs-m20233 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14249 (legacy record id), 1-27- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 21031

Unique identifier UC134043

Legacy Identifier CHS-14219.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.7 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
50.0 cm × 40.7 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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