Unidentified rock resembling an old man in profile, [s.d.]

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Photograph of an unidentified rock resembling an old man in profile, surrounded by shrubbery, [s.d.]. The rock has deep cracks in the light surface giving the appearance that it consists of several separate portions of rock slabs stacked on top of each other. The dimpled surface shines with sunlight on the left side, but remains shaded by the surrounding trees on the visible face at center.

Asset Metadata

Title Unidentified rock resembling an old man in profile, [s.d.]

Subject Natural features -- Rock formations (file heading), natural rock formations (adlf), Rocks (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m21011

Identifier 46520 (accession number), CHS-46520 (call number), CHS-46520 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20028 (legacy record id), chs-m21011 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14308 (legacy record id), 84-1-2236 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20028

Unique identifier UC122554

Legacy Identifier CHS-46520.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.1 in × 20.8 in at 300dpi
41.0 cm × 53.0 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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