California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Sepulveda Boulevard near Mulholland Highway after widening and paving, September 27, 1935

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Sepulveda Boulevard near Mulholland Highway after widening and paving, September 27, 1935

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Photograph of Sepulveda Boulevard after widening and paving, September 27, 1935. The view is from a point 1700 feet south of Mulholland Highway. The road curves to the center from the left foreground. Electrical poles line the rock wall on the left side while spaced, lightly-colored guarder rails stand at the drop off along the right side. Rolling, tree-covered hills stand across the background. Compares to USC-0-1-1-723 taken before road improvement.

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Title Sepulveda Boulevard near Mulholland Highway after widening and paving, September 27, 1935

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Sepulevda Boulevard near Mulholland Highway (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1935-09-27

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 1935-09-27

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-m723

Identifier 42161 (accession number), CHS-42161 (call number), CHS-42161 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7076 (legacy record id), chs-m723 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-724 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7076

Unique identifier UC122216

Legacy Identifier CHS-42161.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.0 in × 13.9 in at 300dpi
48.3 cm × 35.3 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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