California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Exterior view of the second Los Angeles High School, Fort Moore Hill, Los Angeles, 1908

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Exterior view of the second Los Angeles High School, Fort Moore Hill, Los Angeles, 1908

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Photograph of the exterior view of the second Los Angeles High School, Fort Moore Hill, Los Angeles, 1908. The four-story brick building features a square clock tower, steep gables, dormer windows, and arched windows. Two entries are visible in this perspective -- one with a square portico at left and one under an arch at right. Trees sparsely surround the school. A wooden fence separates the school from the empty lot to the left. A large three-story building is adjacent to the school. The street runs along the front of the school at right, while utility poles line the street. Three men are conversing on the sidewalk near the clock tower at left.; "Los Angeles' first high school was located on Poundcake Hill, near First and Fort St. (which is now Broadway.) Los Angeles High School was created on the Central Elementary School site in 1873, at a cost of $20,000. The school's first principal was Dr. W.T. Lucky. Its first graduating class (1875) had 7 members. In 1882, to make room for the County Court House, the school was moved to Fort Moore Hill, where the present Board of Education now stands. The picture to the left is that of the second Los Angeles High School. In 1917, it moved again to its current location on Olympic Blvd., and Rimpau Ave., with 1937 students." -- unknown author.

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Title Exterior view of the second Los Angeles High School, Fort Moore Hill, Los Angeles, 1908

Subject educational facilities (adlf), High schools (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles -- Schools -- High Schools -- Los Angeles High School (file heading), Los Angeles High School (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Downtown (city or populated place), Hill Street (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1908

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 20 x 25 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1908

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4438

Identifier 5545 (accession number), CHS-5545 (call number), CHS-5545 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4768 (legacy record id), chs-m4438 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-4534 (legacy record id), 1-18-57 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4768

Unique identifier UC127268

Legacy Identifier CHS-5545.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.7 cm at 300dpi

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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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