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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Power house from Pacific Railway showing interior view, ca.1903
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Power house from Pacific Railway showing interior view, ca.1903
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Description
Photograph of power house from Pacific Railway showing interior view, ca.1903. At center, two large, thing wheels are visible. Several spokes can be found on each wheel to support its massive size. The rim of the wheel on the right appears to be ridged, and thick rope is visible lining the ridge. At the wheel's center, a large axle is visible. On each axle, a large metal cap has been placed on one side. In the extreme foreground to the right, massive metal bars and chains are shown connected to a metal frame surrounding one of the large wheels. This frame connects to the axle of the wheel. In the extreme background, numerous large wheels are visible. Also, several horizontal and vertical support columns can be seen.
Asset Metadata
Title
Power house from Pacific Railway showing interior view, ca.1903
Subject
buildings
(lcsh),
Pacific Railway
(subject),
power generation sites
(adlf),
Power supply
(lcsh),
Street-railroads
(lcsh),
Transportation -- Rail -- Street Railroads -- General (Buildings)
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
7nd Street and Grand Avenue
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1903
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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
1903
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12627
Identifier
8212 (
accession number
), CHS-8212 (
call number
), CHS-8212 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-12140 (
legacy record id
), chs-m12627 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-12781 (
legacy record id
), 1-120-76 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
12140
Unique identifier
UC132196
Legacy Identifier
CHS-8212.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.5 in × 15.9 in at 300dpi
52.2 cm × 40.5 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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