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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Men fighting a forest fire in California, [s.d.]
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Men fighting a forest fire in California, [s.d.]
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Description
Photograph of men fighting a forest fire in California, [s.d.]. Several men in overalls and hats are gathered at center shoveling dirt on the surround dry brush and trees. A thick cloud of smoke washes above them from the fire in the trees behind them. The background is not visible through the fire's pollution.
Asset Metadata
Title
Men fighting a forest fire in California, [s.d.]
Subject
Fire fighters
(lcsh),
Fire-departments
(lcsh),
Fires
(lcsh),
forests
(adlf),
Forests and forestry
(lcsh),
Lumber
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
USA
(countries)
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 18 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)
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-m24676
Identifier
39012 (
accession number
), CHS-39012 (
call number
), CHS-39012 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-23944 (
legacy record id
), chs-m24676 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
), AGRI-32 (
unidentified no.
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
23944
Unique identifier
UC129850
Legacy Identifier
CHS-39012.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
27.7 in × 20.2 in at 300dpi
70.5 cm × 51.4 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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