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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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View of Big Santa Monica Boulevard looking east from Pandora Avenue before widening and paving, January 31, 1935
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View of Big Santa Monica Boulevard looking east from Pandora Avenue before widening and paving, January 31, 1935
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Description
Photograph of a view of Big Santa Monica Boulevard looking east from Pandora Avenue before widening and paving, January 31, 1935. This eastward view of Big Santa Monica Boulevard shows the intersection with and the railroad bridge over South Beverly Glen Boulevard. The "Fox Films" sign is placed on Little Santa Monica Boulevard at about Fox Hills Drive.The dirt road is at center and disappears over a hill in the distance. A railroad track and a line of utility poles run parallel to the road at right, and another line of utility poles is at left. An open grassy field is next to the road at left, and several two-story buildings can be seen on the far side of the field. Six early model automobiles can be seen on the road, and the Fox Film studios are at right. Compares to USC-0-1-1-722 taken after road improvement.
Asset Metadata
Title
View of Big Santa Monica Boulevard looking east from Pandora Avenue before widening and paving, January 31, 1935
Subject
Building
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Streets -- Santa Monica Boulevard
(file heading),
roadways
(adlf),
Streets
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Santa Monica Boulevard & Pandora Avenue
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1935-01-31
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(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
1935-01-31
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-m720
Identifier
14487 (
accession number
), CHS-14487 (
call number
), CHS-14487 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-7073 (
legacy record id
), chs-m720 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-721 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
), 65 (
unidentified no.
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
7073
Unique identifier
UC122312
Legacy Identifier
CHS-14487.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.6 in × 13.0 in at 300dpi
47.4 cm × 33.2 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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