California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

West peak of Razorback on Catalina Island, [s.d.]

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West peak of Razorback on Catalina Island, [s.d.]

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Photograph of the west peak of Razorback on Catalina Island, [s.d.]. The steep hill can be seen at left. Its slopes are covered with grasses and a small number of larger bushes. There appears to be a person on horseback near the top of the hill. In the foreground, a sharp drop-off is visible. Lower hills can be seen in the background, and the ocean is visible in the distance at center.

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Title West peak of Razorback on Catalina Island, [s.d.]

Subject Islands (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Catalina -- General (file heading), Mountains (lcsh), Mountains (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), islands: Santa Catalina Island (geographic subject), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

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)

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-m5502

Identifier 32828 (accession number), CHS-32828 (call number), CHS-32828 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-26023 (legacy record id), chs-m5502 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-5615 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 26023

Unique identifier UC129577

Legacy Identifier CHS-32828.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 21.6 in × 13.8 in at 300dpi
54.9 cm × 35.2 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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