Exterior view of the Hughes Hotel in Fresno, ca.1890

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Hughes Hotel in Fresno, ca.1890. A gigantic, Victorian-style block building can be seen occupying the entire section between two cross streets, its tallest peak visible at the corner right of center. Below, commercial interests advertise via sign, including a drug store and grain dealer.; Legible signs from left to right read: "F.M. Miller, Grain dealer", "Smith's Dandruff Pomade cures dandruff, eczema and itching scalp. Price 50 cents", "Smith Bros' Catarrn Cure. Ear, Throat, Stomach, Bowels and Bladder", "Chemists. Druggists", "Take Smith Bros. Ague Cure. Chills and Fever Guaranteed", "Use Universal Salve. Boyles, burns, cuts and wounds", "King Pain cures all aches and pains. Try it", and "Bath".

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Title Exterior view of the Hughes Hotel in Fresno, ca.1890

Subject buildings (adlf), Fresno County -- Fresno -- Architecture -- General (file heading), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Hughes Hotel (subject), Smith Brothers Drug Store (subject), Stores, Retail (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Fresno (city or populated place), Fresno (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1890

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (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

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-m6956

Identifier 12681 (accession number), CHS-12681 (call number), CHS-12681 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7011 (legacy record id), chs-m6956 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-7071 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7011

Unique identifier UC122166

Legacy Identifier CHS-12681.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.8 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
50.3 cm × 41.4 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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