California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Marengo Street west from Cromwell Street before widening, July 1947

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Marengo Street west from Cromwell Street before widening, July 1947

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Photograph of Marengo Street west from Cromwell Street before widening, July 1947. In the foreground at center, a narrow street can be seen with a large line down its middle. To the left and right of the street wooden sawhorses can be seen showing construction on the road. On the far left, the words "Street Closed, Griffith Company" can be seen painted on a sawhorse near an automobile. To the left of the street, a large store with a sign labeled "Drugs" is visible. To the right, a line of homes and trees can be seen. A line of utility poles runs parallel to the street on either side.

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Title Marengo Street west from Cromwell Street before widening, July 1947

Subject Los Angeles -- Streets -- Marengo Street (file heading), Pavements (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Cromwell Street (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Marengo Street (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1947-07-15

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 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 1947-07-15

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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m665

Identifier 42133 (accession number), CHS-42133 (call number), CHS-42133 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6067 (legacy record id), chs-m665 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-666 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6067

Unique identifier UC128037

Legacy Identifier CHS-42133.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.1 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
46.1 cm × 33.8 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

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