California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Silverlake Boulevard, showing the site of the proposed grade separation, May 12, 1932

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Silverlake Boulevard, showing the site of the proposed grade separation, May 12, 1932

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Photograph of Silverlake Boulevard, looking southeast toward Temple Street, showing the site of the proposed grade separation, May 12, 1932. A cleared, lightly-colored area lies in the foreground sprinkled with soil. Metal pipes and wooden planks lie across the dirt hill that stands behind the area. Electrical poles and a small building stand at the top of the hill in the background. Compares to USC-0-1-1-734 taken after construction of grade separation.

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Title Silverlake Boulevard, showing the site of the proposed grade separation, May 12, 1932

Subject Building (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Silverlake Boulevard (file heading), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Silverlake (city or populated place), Silverlake Boulevard & Temple Street (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1932-05-12

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 1932-05-12

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-m732

Identifier 42164 (accession number), CHS-42164 (call number), CHS-42164 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7085 (legacy record id), chs-m732 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-733 (legacy record id), USC (project), 3693 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7085

Unique identifier UC122226

Legacy Identifier CHS-42164.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.2 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
48.8 cm × 34.4 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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