Woman posing under Arch Rock on Santa Catalina Island, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a woman posing under Arch Rock on Santa Catalina Island, [s.d.]. The arch-shaped rock formation can be seen at center and connects to a large rocky hill at right. The woman can be seen in the middle of the opening in the rock and is wearing a long dress and a hat. Button-shell Beach is visible in the background, and a person can be seen in a small dinghy near the shore. In the distance, a tall brushy hill can be seen. Arch Rock was broken up by vandals prior to 1910.

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Title Woman posing under Arch Rock on Santa Catalina Island, [s.d.]

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

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

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)

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-m5476

Identifier 32864 (accession number), CHS-32864 (call number), CHS-32864 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25997 (legacy record id), chs-m5476 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-5589 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25997

Unique identifier UC129582

Legacy Identifier CHS-32864.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 21.1 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
53.7 cm × 33.9 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

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