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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Exterior view of the first electric power house in Los Angeles, possibly on Maple Avenue, ca.1890
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Exterior view of the first electric power house in Los Angeles, possibly on Maple Avenue, ca.1890
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the first electric power house in Los Angeles, possibly on Maple Avenue, ca.1890. The scene, framed by a circle, shows two shacks situated at a right angle from one another, the backmost shack having a long chimney almost twice its height. Beyond the buildings to the left, a short water tower can be seen, along with the top of third building. A metal barrel sits on top of wooden scaffolding to the right, where a bare tree can also be seen.
Asset Metadata
Title
Exterior view of the first electric power house in Los Angeles, possibly on Maple Avenue, ca.1890
Subject
buildings
(lcsh),
power generation sites
(adlf),
Power supply
(lcsh),
Street-railroads
(lcsh),
Transportation -- Rail -- Street Railroads -- General (Buildings)
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Maple Avenue
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1890
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 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
1890
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-m12629
Identifier
7111 (
accession number
), CHS-7111 (
call number
), CHS-7111 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-12144 (
legacy record id
), chs-m12629 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-12783 (
legacy record id
), 1-120-59 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
12144
Unique identifier
UC131953
Legacy Identifier
CHS-7111.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
15.2 in × 18.9 in at 300dpi
38.6 cm × 48.1 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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