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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Exterior view of the old Post Office in Knight's Ferry, ca.1930
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Exterior view of the old Post Office in Knight's Ferry, ca.1930
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the old Post Office in Knight's Ferry, ca.1930. Two men sit on the porch of the picturesque post office of white wood paneling. A tree just out front of the post office supports signs and slightly shades the building. To the right of the tree, a dog can be seen center facing the men on the porch. A small path leads into the distance on the left side of the post office while a gasoline station is situated on the right. In the foreground the town water pump can be seen near the ground that is stained with water.; Photo file card reads "Some of the old buildings date from 1849. The P.O. building is shared with a store that has been there over 75 years".
Asset Metadata
Title
Exterior view of the old Post Office in Knight's Ferry, ca.1930
Subject
buildings
(adlf),
Mines and mineral resources
(lcsh),
Mining -- Stanislaus County -- Knight's Ferry
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Knight's Ferry
(city or populated place),
Stanislaus
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1930
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20095
Identifier
20351 (
accession number
), CHS-20351 (
call number
), CHS-20351 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-19912 (
legacy record id
), chs-m20095 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14188 (
legacy record id
), 1-112-142 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
19912
Unique identifier
UC122120
Legacy Identifier
CHS-20351.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.2 in × 16.4 in at 300dpi
51.4 cm × 41.8 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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