California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Grand Canyon of the Colorado from the south rim, [s.d.]

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Grand Canyon of the Colorado from the south rim, [s.d.]

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Photograph of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado from the south rim, [s.d.]. In the extreme right foreground, large, weathered rocks can be seen. At center, additional rock formations are visible sloping to the left. Several layered ridges are visible in each of the cliff walls. A deep canyon can be seen below and is seen extending into the extreme background. Large, flat cliffs and rock walls are also seen at a distance. Caption at the bottom of the image reads: "Grand Canyon of the Colorado from the south rim".

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Title Grand Canyon of the Colorado from the south rim, [s.d.]

Subject canyons (lcsh), canyons (adlf), Parks (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place canyons: Grand Canyon (geographic subject), USA (countries)

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)

Creator James, George Wharton (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-m23742

Identifier 49593 (accession number), CHS-49593 (call number), CHS-49593 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-22099 (legacy record id), chs-m23742 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 22099

Unique identifier UC127426

Legacy Identifier CHS-49593.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 22.8 in × 18.2 in at 300dpi
57.9 cm × 46.3 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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