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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Exterior view of the Covina Public Library, Covina, ca.1908
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Exterior view of the Covina Public Library, Covina, ca.1908
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Description
Photograph of the exterior view of the Carnegie Library, Covina, ca.1908. The Greek revival style building is about one-story tall. The pedimented portico has four proto-ionic columns for support. Ornamental leaf-like moldings and the number "1905" appear in the tympanum of the pediment. Two lampposts guard the stairway to the front door. Sprouts of newly planted shrubs line the lawn. Trees are visible in the back of the library.
Asset Metadata
Title
Exterior view of the Covina Public Library, Covina, ca.1908
Subject
Covina Public Library
(subject),
Libraries
(lcsh),
library buildings
(adlf),
Los Angeles County -- Covina
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Covina
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1908
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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
1908
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-m5692
Identifier
44953 (
accession number
), CHS-44953 (
call number
), CHS-44953 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-5721 (
legacy record id
), chs-m5692 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-5811 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
5721
Unique identifier
UC127613
Legacy Identifier
CHS-44953.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
21.9 in × 16.8 in at 300dpi
55.7 cm × 42.9 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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