California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Colorado Street in Pasadena, ca.1880

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Colorado Street in Pasadena, ca.1880

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Photograph of the view looking west on Colorado Street in Pasadena, ca.1880. The dirt street is crowded with pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages. Several commercial buildings and at least one residence are visible. Ward Block on southwest corner of Fair Oaks Avenue and Colorado Street at left. Vacant lots front the street in left foreground. A mountain range is visible in the background. Legible signs include: "Lumber yard", "Carpenter shop".

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Title Colorado Street in Pasadena, ca.1880

Subject cities (adlf), Los Angeles County -- Pasadena -- Streets -- Colorado (file heading), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Colorado Street & Fair Oaks Avenue (roadway), Los Angeles (counties), Pasadena (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1880

Type images

Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 18 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 1880

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m6180

Identifier 2836 (accession number), CHS-2836 (call number), CHS-2836 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6278 (legacy record id), chs-m6180 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-6288 (legacy record id), 1-37-38 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6278

Unique identifier UC128002

Legacy Identifier CHS-2836.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.2 in × 13.9 in at 300dpi
46.3 cm × 35.5 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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