California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

An adobe on the Hammel and Denker ranch, formerly Rancho Rodeo de Las Aguas, Beverly Hills, 1920

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An adobe on the Hammel and Denker ranch, formerly Rancho Rodeo de Las Aguas, Beverly Hills, 1920

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Photograph of an adobe on the Hammel and Denker ranch, formerly Rancho Rodeo de Las Aguas, Beverly Hills, 1920. The adobe was known as the Antonio Roche house, although the grant was first given to Manuel R. Valdez. A tall flight of stairs lead to the to the entrance to the second floor of the two-story building. Directly below the 2nd story entrance is the entrance to the first floor. A goat is drinking from a large buck at right, next to a dark entrance into an attached structure of the building. Bushes and trees are visible in the foreground.; Photoprint reads: "Adobe on the Hammel and Denker ranch. This ranch was part of the old Rancho Rodeo de Las Aguas which is now covered with the City of Beverly Hills. A map published in 'The History of Beverly Hills' shows this ranch having three adobes and the one which you have a picture of is marked 'Antonio Roches House'. No date is given. The Roche family, father and son, is mentioned in our histories as far back as 1825. When they built this house or whether they built it at all I do not know. The grant first belonged to Manuel R. Valdez. The picture you have was taken in July 1920. In 1926 Beverly Hills was started, streets planned and the old building removed. Robertson Boulevard and 3rd Street now cross on the old site." -- unknown author.; Picture file card reads: "Southern California adobes. Rancho Rodeo de las Higuals. House of Dona Maria Rita de Valdez. Stood near the center of what is now Beverly Hills".

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Title An adobe on the Hammel and Denker ranch, formerly Rancho Rodeo de Las Aguas, Beverly Hills, 1920

Subject Adobe houses (lcsh), housing areas (adlf), Los Angeles County -- Beverly Hills -- Architecture -- General (file heading), Ranches (lcsh), Roche, Antonio (subject), Valdez, Manuel R. (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Beverly Hills (city or populated place), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1920

Type images

Format 2 photographs : transparency, photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat), transparencies (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 1920

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-m5413

Identifier 8592 (accession number), CHS-8592 (call number), CHS-8592 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25938 (legacy record id), chs-m5413 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-5526 (legacy record id), 1-33- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25938

Unique identifier UC130084

Legacy Identifier CHS-8592.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.0 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 33.1 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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