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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Conness Number Six engine with fuel box, standing on a trestle, Central Pacific Railroad, March, 1865
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Conness Number Six engine with fuel box, standing on a trestle, Central Pacific Railroad, March, 1865
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Description
Photograph of the Conness Number Six engine with fuel box, standing on a trestle, Central Pacific Railroad, March, 1865. A group of people stand on the fuel box, one man stands at the door to the engine cabin, while two men stand on the cow-catcher at front. The Conness was the first of what became the typical freight locomotive of the Central Pacific Railroad, and went into service in March 1865. It had six drive wheels and was considered a wonder of the day because it could haul eighteen light freight cars. It was named after one of California's early senators. In June, 1908 it was scrapped after forty-three years of service.
Asset Metadata
Title
Conness Number Six engine with fuel box, standing on a trestle, Central Pacific Railroad, March, 1865
Subject
Central Pacific Railroad
(subject),
Locomotives
(lcsh),
railroad features
(adlf),
Railroads
(lcsh),
Transportation -- Railroads -- Early Days
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1865-03
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
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
1865-03
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12094
Identifier
4973 (
accession number
), CHS-4973 (
call number
), CHS-4973 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-11589 (
legacy record id
), chs-m12094 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-12247 (
legacy record id
), 1-119-15 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
11589
Unique identifier
UC130085
Legacy Identifier
CHS-4973.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.0 in × 12.2 in at 300dpi
45.7 cm × 31.0 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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