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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Panoramic view of Spring Street looking south from Third Street, ca.1898
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Panoramic view of Spring Street looking south from Third Street, ca.1898
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Photograph of a panoramic view of Spring Street looking south from the Stimpson Building at Third Street, shortly after it was built, ca.1898. Awnings cover most store fronts looking down Spring Street. Rooftops are generally visible from above. Three church steeples rise from the cityscape at various points. Trees are visible in the distance. Legible signs include: "W.S. Allen, 332", "Dam"..., "Furnished rooms; W.E. Cummings shoes, [...], wholesale & retail, all goods warranted, sole agents for James Means 2.50 to 5.00 shoes, 110 S. Spring St.", "Tailor", "Nicotine neutralized, Bloch Bro's, West Virginia, mail pouch, [...] chew, to[...], [...] Tobacco, Ch"..., "H. Raphael & Co., plate window glass", "W.E. McBurney, harness", "Huls[...] Co., Upholster"..., "Rooms; I.T. Martin, furniture, stoves, carpets", "505, F.M. Pari[...], plumb"..., "Grand Pacific European Hotel, entrance 423½ S. Spring St., large hansomely furnished sunny rooms at 50¢, 75¢, $1.00 and $1.50 per day, special rates by week or month, P.S. Condon, manager", "W. Leland"..., "General Ar"..., "Dentists"..., "Books"..., "Citizen's Transfer Co., tel. 378", "Niles Pease Furniture and Carpets", "McMillan & O'Mee[...] printing", "Dr. Brill", "Dr. Loomis", "Williamson Music Store", ..."Campbell's Curio Store, 325", "Campbell's Curiosity Store", "W.G. Walz Company", "Lamson Photographie Studio, 315", ..."groceries", ..."carpet"..., ..."Delaware"..., "City steam carpet cleaners"[?], "W.C. Weld, grocer", "Brosius, no treadle, spring motor, sewing machine co.", "E. Wilson", "Meek Baking Co.", ..."cigars"..., ..."5 [...] 5 [...] cigars"....
Asset Metadata
Title
Panoramic view of Spring Street looking south from Third Street, ca.1898
Subject
buildings
(lcsh),
cities
(adlf),
Los Angeles -- Streets -- Spring Street -- 1st to 3rd
(file heading),
Spring Street
(subject),
Stores
(subject),
Streets
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Spring Street & 3rd Street
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1898
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.
(aacr2),
glass plate negatives
(format),
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
1898
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
(photographer)
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-m754
Identifier
2791 (
accession number
), CHS-2791 (
call number
), CHS-2791 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-7107 (
legacy record id
), chs-m754 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-755 (
legacy record id
), 1-9-29 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
7107
Unique identifier
UC122215
Legacy Identifier
CHS-2791.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.7 in × 14.1 in at 300dpi
47.6 cm × 35.9 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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