Chinese Joss House built in 1864 in Weaverville, Trinity County, 1936

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Photograph of Chinese Joss House built in 1864 in Weaverville, Trinity County, 1936. The Chinese Joss House stands center with two small American flags displayed on a wooden gate leading to a porch that presents the entrance. The large double door of the building has a border that is printed with Chinese symbols. On the right side, a broken edge to the building's shingled roof can be seen. The building extends to the left with one small window in a wall of wooden paneling. The Chinese Joss House was built in 1864 and is "Still in use by that race".

Asset Metadata

Title Chinese Joss House built in 1864 in Weaverville, Trinity County, 1936

Subject buildings (adlf), Mines and mineral resources (lcsh), Mining -- Trinity County -- Weaverville (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Trinity (counties), USA (countries), Weaverville (city or populated place)

Temporal Subject 1936

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 1936

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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20135

Identifier 20398 (accession number), CHS-20398 (call number), CHS-20398 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-19952 (legacy record id), chs-m20135 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14204 (legacy record id), 1-112-192 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 19952

Unique identifier UC122031

Legacy Identifier CHS-20398.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.5 in × 16.6 in at 300dpi
52.1 cm × 42.2 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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