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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Rudimentary observatory on Mount Wilson, [s.d.]
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Rudimentary observatory on Mount Wilson, [s.d.]
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Description
Photograph of a rudimentary observatory on Mount Wilson, [s.d.]. The small observatory in the center of the image is composed of a darkly colored building attached to a lightly colored edifice shaped like a cylinder. The rudimentary observatory looks like a cabin with a silo attached to its back end. A pole stems from the house with wires splaying in all directions to various points on the ground. Rocks, bushes, trees, and dirt can be seen in the foreground and surrounding the building.
Asset Metadata
Title
Rudimentary observatory on Mount Wilson, [s.d.]
Subject
Astronomical instruments
(lcsh),
Mount Wilson Observatory
(subject),
Observatories
(lcsh),
Observatories -- Mount Wilson Observatory
(file heading),
research facilities
(adlf),
Telescopes
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : photoprints, 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)
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-m21029
Identifier
46540 (
accession number
), CHS-46540 (
call number
), CHS-46540 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-20046 (
legacy record id
), chs-m21029 (
legacy record id
), USC-2-1-1-10726 (
legacy record id
), 84-1-959 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
20046
Unique identifier
UC122548
Legacy Identifier
CHS-46540.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
21.0 in × 16.7 in at 300dpi
53.3 cm × 42.5 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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