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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Decorated steam locomotive used by President Benjamin Harrison, April 24, 1891
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Decorated steam locomotive used by President Benjamin Harrison, April 24, 1891
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Description
Photograph of the decorated steam locomotive used by President Benjamin Harrison, April 24, 1891. The fireman stands beside the engine leaning against it. The conductor stands up on the engine close to the control booth. Another railroad car is barely visible behind the locomotive. Hills rise in the distance at right. Caption reads "The President's 'Special', left Los Angeles April 24, 1891."
Asset Metadata
Title
Decorated steam locomotive used by President Benjamin Harrison, April 24, 1891
Subject
Flowers
(lcsh),
Harrison, President Benjamin
(subject),
Locomotives
(lcsh),
Presidents
(lcsh),
Railroads
(lcsh),
Transportation -- Railroads -- Presidential trains
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1891-04-24
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
glass plate negatives
(format),
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
1891-04-24
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12096
Identifier
2176 (
accession number
), CHS-2176 (
call number
), CHS-2176 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-11591 (
legacy record id
), chs-m12096 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-12249 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
11591
Unique identifier
UC129309
Legacy Identifier
CHS-2176.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.8 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
45.3 cm × 34.3 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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