California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Fire patrol lookout to protect Central Pacific Railroad snow sheds on Red Mountain at Cisco, ca.1910

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Fire patrol lookout to protect Central Pacific Railroad snow sheds on Red Mountain at Cisco, ca.1910

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Photograph of the fire patrol lookout to protect Central Pacific Railroad snow sheds on Red Mountain at Cisco, ca.1910. Several men and a photographer stand on elevated grounds constructed of stone. Behind them are several small buildings, one constructed of stone and the other two of wood. The photographer has his camera on a tripod.

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Title Fire patrol lookout to protect Central Pacific Railroad snow sheds on Red Mountain at Cisco, ca.1910

Subject buildings (adlf), Central Pacific Railroad (subject), Fires (lcsh), Mountains (lcsh), Railroads (lcsh), Snow (lcsh), Transportation -- Railroads -- Northern California (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Cisco (city or populated place), Placer (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1910

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), 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 1910

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12115

Identifier 8568 (accession number), CHS-8568 (call number), CHS-8568 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11607 (legacy record id), chs-m12115 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-12268 (legacy record id), 1-119-53 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11607

Unique identifier UC130079

Legacy Identifier CHS-8568.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.0 in × 11.7 in at 300dpi
48.2 cm × 29.7 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

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