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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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View of West Sixth Street, between Grand Avenue and Hope Street, looking east, ca.1930-1935
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View of West Sixth Street, between Grand Avenue and Hope Street, looking east, ca.1930-1935
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Photograph of a view of West Sixth Street, between Grand Avenue and Hope Street, looking east, ca.1930-1935. The paved lanes of Sixth Street fill the foreground, then recede into the left background. Automobiles are parked along the left side of the street, facing the camera, while others drive along the right side, away from the camera. A streetcar is visible in the centerground on the tracks which bisect the street. Pedestrians can be seen in the centerground as well, both on the sidewalk and in the process of crossing the street. Commercial buildings line each side of the street, from the foreground into the background. The lower left corner of the image is marked "L.A. 708 W. 6th St".; Legible signs, from left to right, include: "Lamm Hotel", "[?] Lovera[?]", "Hotel Savoy. Absolutely Fireproof. No extra charge for two persons occupying same room. Rates from $2.50. All rooms have private bath. Mezannine. Dining Room. Indian Room. Coffee Shop", "[?]aks Hotel", "Sup[er] Hotel", "Edwards Building", "Managed by Rardwan & Co. [?]", "Hotel [?]", "Books.", "Hotel. Attractive Rates", "Ann Sheridan. Warner Brothers Star. [Signa]l's got more OOMPH. Signal Gasoline.", "Liquor", "[?] Beauty", "Keys", "System Auto [Wor]ks [?]", "Shoe Repairing. [?] Peterson", "Lofland Books. 732", "Robins Toggery for Men and Women", "Robins Ladies Furnishings".
Asset Metadata
Title
View of West Sixth Street, between Grand Avenue and Hope Street, looking east, ca.1930-1935
Subject
Automobiles
(lcsh),
buildings
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Streets -- 6th Street #2
(file heading),
roadways
(adlf),
Streets
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
6th Street & Grand Avenue
(roadway),
6th Street & Hope Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1930/1935
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)
Date Created
1930/1935
Contributor
Foster & Keisler
(contributor)
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-m548
Identifier
31044 (
accession number
), CHS-31044 (
call number
), CHS-31044 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-25498 (
legacy record id
), chs-m548 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-549 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
25498
Unique identifier
UC128480
Legacy Identifier
CHS-31044.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
14.1 in × 6.7 in at 300dpi
36.0 cm × 17.0 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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