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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Echo Mountain Observatory and Hotel in Winter, ca.1895-1900
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Echo Mountain Observatory and Hotel in Winter, ca.1895-1900
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Description
Photograph through the trees of the Echo Mountain Observatory and Echo Mountain House (in the background) covered in snow. The valley floor crisscrossed with agricultural parcels is visible in the distance. Additional information: The Echo Mountain House was destroyed by a fire in 1900.
Asset Metadata
Title
Echo Mountain Observatory and Hotel in Winter, ca.1895-1900
Subject
Altadena -- Mt. Lowe
(file heading),
Astronomy
(file heading),
Echo Mountain House
(subject),
Echo Mountain Observatory
(subject),
Hotels, taverns, etc.
(lcsh),
Mountains
(lcsh),
Observatories
(lcsh),
research facilities
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Altadena
(city or populated place),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1895/1900
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : 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
1895/1900
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-m5119
Identifier
2031 (
accession number
), CHS-2031 (
call number
), CHS-2031 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-25666 (
legacy record id
), chs-m5119 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14190 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-5221 (
legacy record id
), 1-100-3 (
microfiche number
), 1-38-37 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
25666
Unique identifier
UC128967
Legacy Identifier
CHS-2031.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.9 in × 14.4 in at 300dpi
45.4 cm × 36.6 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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