Stree scene and saloon in Volcano, California, 1936

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Photograph of a Volcano street scene and saloon, 1936. At bottom center is a dirt road that runs to the center left and into the background. At right a dilapidated building is visible from the side. It is made from vertical wooden planks and has a shingled, inclined roof. The front appears to be made from horizontal wooden planks and has signs on the front which are visible ripping or falling down. To the left is a second building composed of various shaped stones. The roof is also shingled and inclining, and four archways are visible on the front of the building. A power line is visible to the left, and two tree stumps are visible in front of both buildings. A low wooden fence runs to the right, while a large tree is visible to the left foreground. Several automobiles are visible parked on the sides of the road, and tall trees are visible in the background. Photoprint reads: "The building on the right was once a saloon. On the wall is a sign dated 1879".

Asset Metadata

Title Stree scene and saloon in Volcano, California, 1936

Subject Mines and mineral resources (lcsh), Mining -- Amador County -- Volcano (file heading), roadways (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Amador (counties), California (states), USA (countries), Volcano (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-m20133

Identifier 20394 (accession number), CHS-20394 (call number), CHS-20394 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-19950 (legacy record id), chs-m20133 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14124 (legacy record id), 1-112-110 (microfiche number), 1-112-210 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 19950

Unique identifier UC122032

Legacy Identifier CHS-20394.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.4 in × 16.6 in at 300dpi
51.9 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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