California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

A model of Sonora Town, the first plaza area in Los Angeles, as it appeared in 1850, ca.1931

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A model of Sonora Town, the first plaza area in Los Angeles, as it appeared in 1850, ca.1931

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Photograph of a model of Sonora Town, the first plaza area in Los Angeles, as it appeared in 1850, ca.1931. Looking northeast, the layout of the new city can clearly be seen with the Los Angeles Plaza located in the lower left-center. The large white structure to the left of the Plaza is the Old Plaza Church. The two streets running from bottom of photo to the Plaza are Main Street on the left and Los Angeles Street on the right. Alameda Street runs from the lower right corner diagonally toward the lower center of photo. The L.A. River can be seen running from the lower-right diagonally to the center of the photo, turns left and disappears behind the mountain. At that point the Arroyo Seco can be seen at its confluence with the LA River. The tall majestic San Gabriel Mountains stand in the far background. Vineyards blanket the area between the City and the L.A. River (lower right). The large dark spot in the lower-right of the photo is El Aliso, the historic landmark of the indigenous Tongva people who once lived in the Indian Village of Yangna at that location, adjacent to the L.A. River. Picture file card identifies the image as a diorama of the Pueblo Los Angeles as it appeared in 1850 as designed by J. Marshall Miller. Picture file card also reads "Prepared for the Los Angeles Times Anniversary 1931?".

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Title A model of Sonora Town, the first plaza area in Los Angeles, as it appeared in 1850, ca.1931

Creator Miller, Marshall J. (creator)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1931

Subject cities (adlf), Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles -- Sonora Town -- General (file heading), Plazas (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1850

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 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)

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-m4917

Identifier 9594 (accession number), CHS-9594 (call number), CHS-9594.tiff (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25374 (legacy record id), chs-m4917 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-5015 (legacy record id), 1-15-143 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25374

Unique identifier UC128898

Legacy Identifier CHS-9594.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.8 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
50.3 cm × 40.7 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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