Echo Mountain search light, [s.d.]

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Photograph of man in hat standing next to large search light on Echo Mountain. The light is mounted on a wooden platform and includes wheels and cranks to adjust its angle and direction. In the mirror of the light can be seen a building behind the photographer (not visible). Behind the light the vista of rectangular agricultural tracts and mountains can be seen in the distance.

Asset Metadata

Title Echo Mountain search light, [s.d.]

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Subject Lighting (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Altadena -- Mt. Lowe (file heading), Mountains (lcsh), Search-lights (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Altadena (city or populated place), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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)

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-m5185

Identifier 259 (accession number), CHS-259 (call number), CHS-259 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25731 (legacy record id), chs-m5185 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-5287 (legacy record id), 1-38-21 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25731

Unique identifier UC128955

Legacy Identifier CHS-259.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 14.1 in at 300dpi
47.4 cm × 35.9 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

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