California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of a train crossing a bridge over Canyon Diablo on a Navajo reservation in Arizona, ca.1900

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View of a train crossing a bridge over Canyon Diablo on a Navajo reservation in Arizona, ca.1900

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Photograph of a view of a train crossing a bridge over Canyon Diablo on a Navajo reservation in Arizona, ca.1900. The train is carrying at least nine cars, while at least six of them are boxcars carrying people. Metal beams with a criss-cross architecture support the bridge. At the bottom of the canyon, the metal beams are supported with cement (brick?) structures to hold them in place. The canyon is about seven-stories deep and very rocky. Wild brush can be seen sparsely scattered throughout the canyon.

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Title View of a train crossing a bridge over Canyon Diablo on a Navajo reservation in Arizona, ca.1900

Subject Arizona -- General (file heading), Bridges (lcsh), canyons (lcsh), Indians of North America (lcsh), railroad features (adlf), Railroads (lcsh), Transportation -- Railroads -- General (file heading), Trestles (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Arizona (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 4 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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)

Date Created 1900

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-m12072

Identifier 5139 (accession number), CHS-5139 (call number), CHS-5139 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11567 (legacy record id), chs-m12072 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-12224 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13946 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14004 (legacy record id), 1-119-18 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11567

Unique identifier UC130006

Legacy Identifier CHS-5139.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.8 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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