California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Sugar Loaf, Avalon harbor, Catalina Island, showing stairs to the top, after 1892

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Sugar Loaf, Avalon harbor, Catalina Island, showing stairs to the top, after 1892

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Photograph of Sugar Loaf in Avalon harbor, Santa Catalina Island, with stairs to the top, after 1892. The distinctively shaped rock rises out of the ocean at the base of a cliff. Seven people are standing on the rocky shore in the foreground. Boats are visible in the background.

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Title Sugar Loaf, Avalon harbor, Catalina Island, showing stairs to the top, after 1892

Subject Beaches (adlf), Harbors (lcsh), Islands (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Catalina -- Sugar Loaf (file heading), Stairs (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1892

Type images

Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 16.5 x 21.5 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1892

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-m5651

Identifier 313 (accession number), CHS-313 (call number), CHS-313 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-26169 (legacy record id), chs-m5651 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-5770 (legacy record id), 1-26- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 26169

Unique identifier UC129720

Legacy Identifier CHS-313.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.7 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
45.1 cm × 34.7 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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