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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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View of the west portal of the Third Street Tunnel near Hope Street, Los Angeles, ca.1937
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View of the west portal of the Third Street Tunnel near Hope Street, Los Angeles, ca.1937
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Description
Photograph of a view of the west portal of the Third Street Tunnel near Hope Street, Los Angeles, ca.1937. The tunnel can be seen at center at the base of a tall concrete wall. Third Street runs from the foreground at center through the tunnel. Several automobiles can be seen driving on the street or parked alongside its curbs. A shop can be seen at left and is identified as "Edward Peterson, Watchmaker and Optometrist". At right, a four-story brick building can be seen. Houses are visible on top of a hill in the background.
Asset Metadata
Title
View of the west portal of the Third Street Tunnel near Hope Street, Los Angeles, ca.1937
Subject
Automobiles
(lcsh),
buildings
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Streets -- 3rd Street
(file heading),
roadways
(adlf),
Stores, Retail
(lcsh),
Streets
(lcsh),
Tunnels
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
3rd Street Tunnel entrance at Hope Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1937
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.
(aacr2),
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
1937
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-m507
Identifier
42056 (
accession number
), CHS-42056 (
call number
), CHS-42056 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-25460 (
legacy record id
), chs-m507 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-506 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
25460
Unique identifier
UC128626
Legacy Identifier
CHS-42056.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.4 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
46.7 cm × 33.4 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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