California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Long Beach from the pier, ca.1910

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Long Beach from the pier, ca.1910

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Photograph of Long Beach buildings along the beach as viewed from the pier, showing the Virginia Hotel and other buildings, ca.1910. The water ripples in the foreground as it rolls towards the beach at center. Hundreds of people play in the shallow water near the sandy beach while others sit near the large buildings across the background. Trees stand behind the buildings. Legible signs include "Majestic Rink".

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Title Long Beach from the pier, ca.1910

Subject Beaches (adlf), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Long Beach -- General views -- Beach scenes (file heading), Virginia Hotel (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1910

Type images

Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 22 x 17 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)

Date Created 1910

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-m5836

Identifier 2801 (accession number), CHS-2801 (call number), CHS-2801 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5850 (legacy record id), chs-m5836 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-5944 (legacy record id), 1-32-20 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5850

Unique identifier UC127715

Legacy Identifier CHS-2801.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.9 in × 15.4 in at 300dpi
50.7 cm × 39.3 cm at 300dpi

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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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