California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of Front Street (the site of 'new' City Hall) in San Pedro, Los Angeles, 1910

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View of Front Street (the site of 'new' City Hall) in San Pedro, Los Angeles, 1910

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Photograph of a view of Front Street (the site of 'new' City Hall) in San Pedro, Los Angeles, 1910. Two early automobiles make their way down the wide, unpaved road to the left of the frame, which is lined with saloon-style two-story shop fronts. The Ocean View Hotel is pictured at center. Utility poles are visible. Legible signs include: "Barber Shop", "Richard Bros. [...] Tailors Cleaning and Pressing", "Rent-A-Ford", "Look Here 'Bargains' Are Us / Real Estate O. Paul Lic[...]og", and "Pool Hall".

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Title View of Front Street (the site of 'new' City Hall) in San Pedro, Los Angeles, 1910

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1910

Subject commercial sites (adlf), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Streets (file heading), Real estate business (lcsh), Retail trade (lcsh), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Front Street (roadway), Los Angeles (counties), San Pedro (city or populated place), USA (countries), Wilmington (city or populated place)

Temporal Subject 1910

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (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-m4942

Identifier 7481 (accession number), CHS-7481 (call number), CHS-7481 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25399 (legacy record id), chs-m4942 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14362 (legacy record id), 1-50-95 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25399

Unique identifier UC129012

Legacy Identifier CHS-7481.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.7 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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