California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View northeast showing completion of Ramona Boulevard from the Macy Street Bridge, April, 16, 1934

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View northeast showing completion of Ramona Boulevard from the Macy Street Bridge, April, 16, 1934

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Photograph of a view northeast showing completion of Ramona Boulevard from the Macy Street Bridge, April, 16, 1934. Two automobiles drive along the wide road at center with a steep, excavated hill on the right. Houses stand at the top of the hill on the right while a cement trench lies along the left side of the road. Railroad tracks wind around the hill from the left side of the road and trench with electrical poles standing along either side. Several long trains can be seen on the far left with houses standing on the short hill behind them. Corresponds to USC-0-1-1-701 and USC-0-1-1-702 taken before and during street construction.

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Title View northeast showing completion of Ramona Boulevard from the Macy Street Bridge, April, 16, 1934

Subject Building (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Ramona Boulevard (file heading), railroad features (adlf), Railroads (lcsh), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Ramona Boulevard (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1934-04-16

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 1934-04-16

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-m702

Identifier 43977 (accession number), CHS-43977 (call number), CHS-43977 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7055 (legacy record id), chs-m702 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-703 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7055

Unique identifier UC122309

Legacy Identifier CHS-43977.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.3 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
46.5 cm × 33.9 cm at 300dpi

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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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