California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Entrance to the American Expeditionary Force camp in World War I, ca.1915

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Entrance to the American Expeditionary Force camp in World War I, ca.1915

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Photograph of an entrance to the American Expeditionary Force camp in World War I, ca.1915. A smooth dirt road cuts into the camp in the foreground and winds its way through several buildings. The four buildings that are visible are all large, simple structures resembling barns. There are three on the left side of the road and one on the right. There is an empty field in the foreground at left, and there are tire tracks headed into it. A small group of women is visible near one of the barns at center, and there is a pile of lumber at right.

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Title Entrance to the American Expeditionary Force camp in World War I, ca.1915

Subject Camps (Military) (lcsh), Military (lcsh), roadways (adlf), U.S. History -- World War I -- American Expeditionary Force (file heading), War (lcsh), World War, 1914-1918 (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Temporal Subject 1915

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photoprints, b&w ; 13 x 18 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 1915

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12814

Identifier 11626 (accession number), CHS-11626 (call number), CHS-11626 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12283 (legacy record id), chs-m12814 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-12966 (legacy record id), 1-233- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12283

Unique identifier UC132364

Legacy Identifier CHS-11626.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.0 in × 13.0 in at 300dpi
45.7 cm × 33.1 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

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