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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Large rocky cliff along border of ocean, Catalina, November 11, 1927
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Large rocky cliff along border of ocean, Catalina, November 11, 1927
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Description
Photograph of large rocky cliff along border of ocean, Catalina, November 11, 1927. At center, a large cliff-face can be seen descending from the upper-left to the right. Along the base of the rocky cliff, water can be seen extending into the extreme foreground. Within the body of water, three small rock formations are visible from the center to the right. In the foreground at left, small waves can be seen moving toward the large cliff.
Asset Metadata
Title
Large rocky cliff along border of ocean, Catalina, November 11, 1927
Subject
Islands
(lcsh),
natural rock formations
(adlf),
Ocean
(lcsh),
Rocks
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
islands: Santa Catalina Island
(geographic subject),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1927-11-11
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(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
1927-11-11
Creator
Brickey, E.M.
(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-m23241
Identifier
49535 (
accession number
), CHS-49535 (
call number
), CHS-49535 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-23109 (
legacy record id
), chs-m23241 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
23109
Unique identifier
UC126632
Legacy Identifier
CHS-49535.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
42.0 in × 30.5 in at 300dpi
106.8 cm × 77.5 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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