California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View southwest showing Ramona Boulevard from the Macy Street Bridge after completion of project, April 16, 1935

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View southwest showing Ramona Boulevard from the Macy Street Bridge after completion of project, April 16, 1935

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Photograph of a view southwest showing Ramona Boulevard from the Macy Street Bridge after completion of project, April 16, 1935. The wide road winds from the center foreground to the left and back around to the right distance. Several automobiles drive along its right side while several others are parked on the far left. Large houses stand on the left side of the stretch of road which leads to the right distance. At the end of the road stands a large, cylindrical factory with several parts to its massive building. Railroad tracks lined with electrical poles wind from the right foreground to the end of the road in the background. A sign at center reads "Noeppel". Compares to USC-0-1-1-704 taken before street construction.

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Title View southwest showing Ramona Boulevard from the Macy Street Bridge after completion of project, April 16, 1935

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 1935-04-16

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 1935-04-16

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-m704

Identifier 43973 (accession number), CHS-43973 (call number), CHS-43973 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7057 (legacy record id), chs-m704 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-705 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7057

Unique identifier UC122307

Legacy Identifier CHS-43973.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.2 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
46.3 cm × 34.2 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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