California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Sweetwater Dam, San Diego, ca.1888-1896

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Sweetwater Dam, San Diego, ca.1888-1896

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Photograph of the head of Sweetwater Dam, San Diego, ca.1888-1896. Looking at the dam from the reservoir side. This side of the walk along the top of the dam is a low masonry wall. The far side of the walk is a metal rail. A small circular building which is in the middle of the water is connected to the dam by a metal walkway. Hill in background. Part of the water spillway is visible at right.

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Title Sweetwater Dam, San Diego, ca.1888-1896

Subject dam sites (adlf), Dams (lcsh), Engineering -- Dams (file heading), reservoirs (lcsh), San Diego County -- General (file heading), Water-supply (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), San Diego (city or populated place), San Diego (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1888/1896

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 20 cm., 16 x 21 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1888/1896

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7193

Identifier 168 (accession number), CHS-168 (call number), CHS-168 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7333 (legacy record id), chs-m7193 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-10236 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-7319 (legacy record id), 1-46- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7333

Unique identifier UC123024

Legacy Identifier CHS-168.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.4 in × 14.2 in at 300dpi
46.8 cm × 36.2 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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