Close
About
FAQ
Home
Collections
Login
USC Login
Register
0
Selected
Invert selection
Deselect all
Deselect all
Click here to refresh results
Click here to refresh results
USC
/
Digital Library
/
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
/
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
/
Powerhouse and main offices of the L.A. Traction Company building on the southwest corner of Twelfth and Georgia Bell Streets, 1897
(USC DC Image)
Powerhouse and main offices of the L.A. Traction Company building on the southwest corner of Twelfth and Georgia Bell Streets, 1897
Loading details...
You do not have the permission to view Original image
Download
Share
Copy Asset Link
Request this asset
Description
Photograph of the powerhouse and main offices of the L.A. Traction Company building on the southwest corner of Twelfth and Georgia Bell Streets, 1897. A group of thirty men in uniforms of what appear to be peacoats and kepi hats can be seen standing in front of the arched windows of the Traction Company building. Identifiable men include: Al Clifford, Captain of the Police Department, and Y.C. Knapp, the moustached man pictured in the back row. The brick building has tall, thin arched windows. A sign reading, "Los Angeles [...]ction Company" is visible above the entrance. Beyond the building, telephone poles recede into the background at the extreme left along a picket fence.
Asset Metadata
Title
Powerhouse and main offices of the L.A. Traction Company building on the southwest corner of Twelfth and Georgia Bell Streets, 1897
Subject
buildings
(lcsh),
buildings
(adlf),
Los Angeles Traction Company
(subject),
Offices
(lcsh),
Street-railroads
(lcsh),
Terminals (Transportation)
(lcsh),
Transportation -- Rail -- Street Railroads -- General (Buildings)
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
12th Street and Georgia Bell Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1897
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
1897
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-m12633
Identifier
6249 (
accession number
), CHS-6249 (
call number
), CHS-6249 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-12149 (
legacy record id
), chs-m12633 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-12787 (
legacy record id
), 1-120-21 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
12149
Unique identifier
UC132089
Legacy Identifier
CHS-6249.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.0 in × 13.0 in at 300dpi
43.1 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Conceptually similar
Group of men beside streetcar barns and office, southwest corner of Downey Avenue and Hancock Street, 1890
Portrait of men standing outside of a Vernon Street Railway Car barn on the corner of 22nd Street and Central Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1890
Street car from the Steam Motorcar Line on Santa Fe Avenue and 9th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1897
Exterior view of the Pacific Electric Building on the corner of Sixth Street and Main Street, ca.1910-1919
Streetcar with conductors at the Agricultural Park and Main Street terminal of the street railway system, 1897
Portrait of two automobiles filled with motorists in front of the O.W. Childs residence on Twelfth Street west of Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1904
One of the first successful types of streetcar used on the Second Street hill by the Los Angeles Railway Company at Central Avenue and Sixth Street looking west, West Lake Park, ca.1891
Exterior view of the Pacific Electric Hill Street station prior to 1924 reconstruction, ca.1920
Horse-drawn streetcar on Main Street and Winston Street, showing the Post Office, ca.1892
Street lighting posts near a trolley track, England, ca.1930
View of Second Street looking east from Boylston Street, showing the Pacific Electric Railroad Company power house, Los Angeles, ca.1900
Portrait of operators and passengers on and around the first successful electric streetcar in Los Angeles, ca.1885
Main Street looking from Twelfth Street in front of a children's residence, 1906
The Pacific Electric Company San Marino railroad (or railway?) station, ca.1920
The Pacific Electric Company Fifth Street station in Bay City, ca.1920
St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Twelfth Street and Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, between 1901-1915
Pacific Electric Company Slauson Junction station, ca.1920-1930
Pacific Electric Building on the corner of Main Street and Sixth Street, ca.1905-1909
Portrait of men posed around a mule-drawn streetcar at the corner of Downey Avenue and Pritchard Avenue, March 1889
Central Building on the corner of Sixth Street and Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1912
Similar tones
View images with similar tones