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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Birdseye view of Sonora Town looking north along Castelar Street, ca.1931
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Birdseye view of Sonora Town looking north along Castelar Street, ca.1931
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Description
Photograph of a birdseye view of Sonora Town looking north along Castelar Street, ca.1931. A residential area is shown with blocks filled by houses arranged around open lots or lawns. Automobiles navigate the wide paved road that cuts up the image to the left of center. Mountains are visible in mist behind hills in the distance. A high rise building and a water tower are visible to the right.
Asset Metadata
Title
Birdseye view of Sonora Town looking north along Castelar Street, ca.1931
Subject
Architecture, Domestic
(lcsh),
cities
(adlf),
Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles -- Sonora Town -- General
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
north on Castelar Street
(roadway),
Sonora Town
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1926/1936
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 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)
Date Created
1926/1936
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-m4940
Identifier
7397 (
accession number
), CHS-7397 (
call number
), CHS-7397 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-25397 (
legacy record id
), chs-m4940 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-5038 (
legacy record id
), 1-15-118 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
25397
Unique identifier
UC129070
Legacy Identifier
CHS-7397.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
13.4 in × 10.6 in at 300dpi
34.0 cm × 26.9 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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