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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Burnt buildings at West Point seen from across the street, October 19, 1933
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Burnt buildings at West Point seen from across the street, October 19, 1933
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Description
Photograph of the burnt buildings at West Point seen from across the street, October 19, 1933. A bell stands on top of a wooden pole at center with a wire fence below and the ruins across the street. A short, incomplete brick building can be seen on the left with trees standing around it while a taller brick building stands with no roof on the right. Trees can be seen in the background. "The town had a bell but no fire department. The burned walls of former buildings can be seen across the street".
Asset Metadata
Title
Burnt buildings at West Point seen from across the street, October 19, 1933
Subject
buildings
(adlf),
Mines and mineral resources
(lcsh),
Mining -- Calaveras County -- West Point
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Calaveras
(counties),
California
(states),
USA
(countries),
West Point
(city or populated place)
Temporal Subject
1930
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
1930
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-m20105
Identifier
20387 (
accession number
), CHS-20387 (
call number
), CHS-20387 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-19922 (
legacy record id
), chs-m20105 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14135 (
legacy record id
), 1-112-202 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
19922
Unique identifier
UC122029
Legacy Identifier
CHS-20387.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.5 in × 16.6 in at 300dpi
52.0 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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