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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Desert Station of Southern Pacific Railroad at Palmdale showing a train in station, ca.1895
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Desert Station of Southern Pacific Railroad at Palmdale showing a train in station, ca.1895
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Description
Photograph of the Desert Station of Southern Pacific Railroad at Palmdale showing a train in station, ca.1895. The station is about two-stories tall. Utility lines run down the left side of the track. A horse and buggy are nearby. Mountains are visible in the distance.
Asset Metadata
Title
Desert Station of Southern Pacific Railroad at Palmdale showing a train in station, ca.1895
Subject
Horses
(lcsh),
Los Angeles County -- Antelope Valley
(file heading),
railroad features
(adlf),
Railroads -- Stations
(lcsh),
Southern Pacific Railroad
(corporate name),
Wagons
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Palmdale
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1895
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : photonegatives, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 11 x 13 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)
Date Created
1895
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-m5328
Identifier
6143 (
accession number
), CHS-6143 (
call number
), CHS-6143 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-25857 (
legacy record id
), chs-m5328 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-5441 (
legacy record id
), 1-119-21 (
microfiche number
), 1-158- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
25857
Unique identifier
UC129334
Legacy Identifier
CHS-6143.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
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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