California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

People waiting in a bread line at church, [s.d.]

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People waiting in a bread line at church, [s.d.]

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Photograph of people waiting in a bread line at church, [s.d.]. In the extreme foreground at left, a metal gate and platform can be seen extending to the left. Several individuals can be seen along the gate looking at the line of people to the right. To the right, a large line of individuals can be seen along the gate and curving into the extreme background. In the background at center, the line can be seen stretching further to the right. Approximately seventy people appear to be waiting in line in the image. The men waiting in line can be seen wearing coat jackets, long pants, and rounded hats. The women shown can be seen wearing long dresses and wide-brimmed hats. To the far right, a few individuals can be seen along a wide staircase. In the extreme background at center, a line of trees can be seen. Beyond the trees, large buildings are visible from left to right.

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Title People waiting in a bread line at church, [s.d.]

Subject Churches (lcsh), Food (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), 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 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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m24462

Identifier 49692 (accession number), CHS-49692 (call number), CHS-49692 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-23732 (legacy record id), chs-m24462 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 23732

Unique identifier UC126080

Legacy Identifier CHS-49692.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 27.8 in × 20.3 in at 300dpi
70.6 cm × 51.6 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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