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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Avila or Abile adobe house, north Los Angeles Street and Alameda Street near the Plaza, 1896
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Avila or Abile adobe house, north Los Angeles Street and Alameda Street near the Plaza, 1896
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Photograph of Avila or Abile adobe house, north Los Angeles Street and Alameda Street near the Plaza, 1896. At center, two boys sit on the covered veranda running the length of the house. Two steps are cut into the short dirt embankment leading up to one of the doors of the structure. Three doors and three rectangular windows with shutters can be seen along the front of the structure. Several cracks and deformities can be seen along the wall as well. Behind the house at right, a large tree is visible.; "This house was once Commodore Stockton's Headquarters. It was built of adobe in 1821 on Olivera Street a few doors north of the Plaza. Before being taken over by the American sit was the residence of Señora Encarnacion Sepulveda de Avila and was one of the most pretentious and finely furnished in the pueblo." -- Charles J. Prudhomme.; "One of the oldest landmarks in the city, commonly referred to by pioneers as the 'first state capitol building in California,' may soon be demolished for sanitary reasons by order of the city housing commission. The building in question is an old adobe structure located at 16 Oliveras Street, just north of the Plaza. It is now used as a rooming-house and was an old home in 1847 when it was occupied by Commodore Stockton, who made it his headquarters while here. It was also occupied by General Fremont, the pathfinder, and it was here that the first American flag was raised in Los Angeles. The property is owned by the heirs to the Rimpau estate. Frank D. Rimpau, one of the owners has stated that at the time the house was occupied by Commodore Stockton it was owned by his grandmother, who married Francisco Avila, one of the early Spanish residents of Southern California." -- from "25 Years Ago Today". [unidentified newspaper] (11 April 1911).
Asset Metadata
Title
Avila or Abile adobe house, north Los Angeles Street and Alameda Street near the Plaza, 1896
Subject
Adobe houses
(lcsh),
Architecture, Domestic
(lcsh),
Avila
(subject),
Avila Adobe
(subject),
buildings
(adlf),
Dwellings
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Domestic -- Adobes
(file heading),
Los Angeles -- Sonora Town -- Architecture -- Domestic
(file heading),
Residences (Avila)
(file heading),
Sonora Town
(file heading),
Stockton, Commodore
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
North Los Angeles Street and Alameda Street
(roadway)
Temporal Subject
1896
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm., 20 x 25 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
1896
Contributor
Prudhomme, Charles J.
(commentator)
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-m4858
Identifier
197 (
accession number
), CHS-197 (
call number
), CHS-197 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-25316 (
legacy record id
), chs-m4858 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-4956 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
25316
Unique identifier
UC128342
Legacy Identifier
CHS-197.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.3 in × 14.0 in at 300dpi
46.5 cm × 35.7 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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