House being moved by an L.A. House Moving Company automobile in Hornitos, ca.1930

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Photograph of a house being moved by an L.A. House Moving Company automobile in Hornitos, ca.1930. An early pickup truck is pictured at center, hauling a load of lumber in its bed and pulling a two-story Craftsman-style home in its wake. A man in an overcoat marks the progress at left, while a second man in a suit and hat is pictured at right standing next to a sign that reads "Danger. Street Closed. L.A. House Moving Co.". In the left background, a church that appears to be Art Deco can be seen.

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Title House being moved by an L.A. House Moving Company automobile in Hornitos, ca.1930

Subject buildings (adlf), Dwellings (lcsh), Industry -- Mining -- Mariposa County -- Hornitos (file heading), Los Angeles House Moving Company (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1930

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 1930

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-m20046

Identifier 31169 (accession number), CHS-31169 (call number), CHS-31169 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-19863 (legacy record id), chs-m20046 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14157 (legacy record id), 1-112-120 (microfiche number), USC (project), 23256 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 19863

Unique identifier UC122168

Legacy Identifier CHS-31169.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.9 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
50.5 cm × 41.2 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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