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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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View of the sun rising (or sun setting?) over Avalon bay, Santa Catalina Island, ca.1900
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View of the sun rising (or sun setting?) over Avalon bay, Santa Catalina Island, ca.1900
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Description
Photograph of a view of the sun rising (or sun setting?) over Avalon bay, Santa Catalina Island, ca.1900. Sunlight reflects off the water in the bay. About a dozen unmanned (possibly anchored or tied?) boats are wading in the waters of the bay near the shores. Small waves are making its way to the shores. A mountain is visible at right.
Asset Metadata
Title
View of the sun rising (or sun setting?) over Avalon bay, Santa Catalina Island, ca.1900
Subject
Boats and boating
(lcsh),
Harbors
(lcsh),
Harbors
(adlf),
Islands
(lcsh),
Los Angeles County -- Catalina -- Avalon Harbor
(file heading),
Sun -- Rising and setting
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Avalon
(city or populated place),
California
(states),
islands: Santa Catalina Island
(geographic subject),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1900
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
(aacr2),
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-m5629
Identifier
5947 (
accession number
), CHS-5947 (
call number
), CHS-5947 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-26147 (
legacy record id
), chs-m5629 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-5746 (
legacy record id
), 1-26- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
26147
Unique identifier
UC129974
Legacy Identifier
CHS-5947.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.1 in × 15.3 in at 300dpi
48.5 cm × 38.9 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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