California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Rock peaks adjacent to a series of cliffs, Red Rock Canyon, [s.d.]

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Rock peaks adjacent to a series of cliffs, Red Rock Canyon, [s.d.]

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Photograph of rock peaks adjacent to a series of cliffs, Red Rock Canyon, [s.d.]. In the extreme foreground to the left and right, sloping ridges lined with small rocks can be seen. Between the two ridges, two large rock formations in the shape of stalagmites can be seen. Behind these formations, a series of layered, smooth cliff walls can be seen extending from the left to the far right. At the top of the cliff wall at center, a large cluster of rock formation in the shape of stalagmites can be seen. In the extreme background, the top of the mountain ridge can be seen descending to the far right.

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Title Rock peaks adjacent to a series of cliffs, Red Rock Canyon, [s.d.]

Subject canyons (lcsh), Deserts (lcsh), Mountains (lcsh), natural rock formations (adlf), Parks (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), canyons: Red Rock Canyon (geographic subject), deserts: Death Valley (geographic subject), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, 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)

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-m23481

Identifier 49559 (accession number), CHS-49559 (call number), CHS-49559 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-23413 (legacy record id), chs-m23481 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 23413

Unique identifier UC126962

Legacy Identifier CHS-49559.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 42.4 in × 30.9 in at 300dpi
107.8 cm × 78.5 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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