California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of Soto Street betwen Alhambra Avenue and Mission Road from a point opposite Ascot Speedway, 1932

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View of Soto Street betwen Alhambra Avenue and Mission Road from a point opposite Ascot Speedway, 1932

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Photograph of a view of Soto Street betwen Alhambra Avenue and Mission Road from a point opposite Ascot Speedway, 1932. At center, a two-lane paved street extends into the distance, where a lone automobile can be seen. At left, a group of utility poles extends along the road, while at right, a portion of grassy hill is visible. The image was taken after road construction. Grading was done by labor paid under unemployment bond issue.

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Title View of Soto Street betwen Alhambra Avenue and Mission Road from a point opposite Ascot Speedway, 1932

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Soto Street (file heading), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Soto Street between Alhambra Avenue & Mission Road (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1932-05-17

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, 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 1932-05-17

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-m738

Identifier 43985 (accession number), CHS-43985 (call number), CHS-43985 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7091 (legacy record id), chs-m738 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-739 (legacy record id), USC (project), 3644 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7091

Unique identifier UC122288

Legacy Identifier CHS-43985.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.8 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
47.9 cm × 33.6 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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