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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Ditch on the proposed area of improvement of Silverlake Boulevard, looking southwest from Dillon Street, 1928
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Ditch on the proposed area of improvement of Silverlake Boulevard, looking southwest from Dillon Street, 1928
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Description
Photograph of a ditch on the proposed area of improvement of Silverlake Boulevard, looking southwest from Dillon Street, 1928. Two muddy hills are pictured to the left and right, a narrow crevasse of garbage and junk at center. To the right, several homes can be seen, while more are at left in the upper distance. Compares to USC-0-1-1-732 taken after road construction.
Asset Metadata
Title
Ditch on the proposed area of improvement of Silverlake Boulevard, looking southwest from Dillon Street, 1928
Subject
Building
(lcsh),
Dwellings
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Streets -- Silverlake Boulevard
(file heading),
residential sites
(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 & Dillon Street
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1928-01-18
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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
1928-01-18
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-m730
Identifier
14627 (
accession number
), CHS-14627 (
call number
), CHS-14627 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-7083 (
legacy record id
), chs-m730 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-731 (
legacy record id
), 1-13- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
7083
Unique identifier
UC122189
Legacy Identifier
CHS-14627.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.7 in × 15.8 in at 300dpi
50.2 cm × 40.1 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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