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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Temple Street Cable Railway car with its trailer at the juncture of Temple Street and Hoover Street, ca.1889
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Temple Street Cable Railway car with its trailer at the juncture of Temple Street and Hoover Street, ca.1889
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Description
Photograph of a Temple Street Cable Railway car with its trailer at the juncture of Temple Street and Hoover Street during mid-winder, ca.1889. The main car stands at left with the number seven painted on its side with a sign reading "Spring, Temple & City Limits". To the left, a second car that does not seem to have any means of propulsion is hitched to the primary car and seems to be mainly for passengers. Two conductors stand on the ground in front of the two cars, dressed in their uniforms, which include straw hats. Hills are visible in the background. Picture File Card reads "Graded from top of hill to Hoover. Walter F.(?) Maxwell, president of Temple St. Cable RR.".
Asset Metadata
Title
Temple Street Cable Railway car with its trailer at the juncture of Temple Street and Hoover Street, ca.1889
Subject
Hats
(lcsh),
Maxwell, Walter F. (?)
(subject),
Street-railroads
(lcsh),
Temple Street Cable Railway
(subject),
Transportation -- Rail -- Street Railroads -- Cable cars
(file heading),
transportation features
(adlf),
Uniforms
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Temple Street & Hoover Street
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1889
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
1889
Creator
Puck, Charles (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-m12589
Identifier
7070 (
accession number
), CHS-7070 (
call number
), CHS-7070 (
filename
), isla id: 1-120-43 (
identifying number
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-12081 (
legacy record id
), chs-m12589 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-12744 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
12081
Unique identifier
UC132060
Legacy Identifier
CHS-7070.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.4 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
46.7 cm × 33.3 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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