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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Long Beach from across the surf, showing the Hotel Bixby under construction in the distance at right, ca.1906
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Long Beach from across the surf, showing the Hotel Bixby under construction in the distance at right, ca.1906
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Description
Photograph of Long Beach from across the surf, showing the Hotel Bixby under construction in the distance at right, ca.1906. Numerous bathers frolic in the waves and on the beach nearby. Buildings are visible along the coast all the way to a pier visible in the far distance. Legible signs include: "Majestic Rink". Hotel Bixby was later renamed Virginia.; "The death toll of the crash of the Hotel Bixby under construction at Long Beach mounted to 10 today as searchers extricated another body from the tons of debris. No report from the official investigation has been revealed as yet." -- The Express (11 Nov. 1906)
Asset Metadata
Title
Long Beach from across the surf, showing the Hotel Bixby under construction in the distance at right, ca.1906
Subject
Beaches
(adlf),
Beaches
(lcsh),
Bixby Hotel
(subject),
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
1906
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 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
1906
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5866
Identifier
2803 (
accession number
), CHS-2803 (
call number
), CHS-2803 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-5879 (
legacy record id
), chs-m5866 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-5974 (
legacy record id
), 1-32-22 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
5879
Unique identifier
UC127748
Legacy Identifier
CHS-2803.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.8 in × 14.2 in at 300dpi
47.7 cm × 36.1 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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