California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View northeast in route of the proposed Ramona Boulevard from Macy Street Bridge, November 15, 1933

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View northeast in route of the proposed Ramona Boulevard from Macy Street Bridge, November 15, 1933

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Photograph of a view northeast in route of the proposed Ramona Boulevard from Macy Street Bridge, November 15, 1933. Five sets of railroad tracks can be seen next to one another at left bordered by utility poles. Two trains can be seen on the far tracks towards the background, while a steep hill is visible at right. A dirt path can be seen on the hill, as well as homes on top of the hill. Other buildings are visible on a small incline in the left background, while mountains can be seen in the distance. Corresponds to USC-0-1-1-702 and USC-0-1-1-703 taken during and after street construction.

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Title View northeast in route of the proposed Ramona Boulevard from Macy Street Bridge, November 15, 1933

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1933-11-15

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 1933-11-15

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)

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-m700

Identifier 43979 (accession number), CHS-43979 (call number), CHS-43979 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7053 (legacy record id), chs-m700 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-701 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7053

Unique identifier UC122321

Legacy Identifier CHS-43979.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.1 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
46.2 cm × 33.7 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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