California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Panoramic view of Pasadena looking northwest from the cupola of Longfellow's house on San Pascual Street, ca.1890

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Panoramic view of Pasadena looking northwest from the cupola of Longfellow's house on San Pascual Street, ca.1890

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Photograph of a panoramic view of Pasadena looking northwest from the cupola of Longfellow's house on San Pascual Street (or Avenue?), ca.1890. In the foreground is an orchard of trees. Further away stands a two-story house. In the distances are more houses. Mountains are visible in the distance.

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Title Panoramic view of Pasadena looking northwest from the cupola of Longfellow's house on San Pascual Street, ca.1890

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1890

Subject Dwellings (lcsh), Orchards (lcsh), Pasadena -- General (file heading), residential sites (adlf), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Pasadena (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1890

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (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)

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-m5992

Identifier 8604 (accession number), CHS-8604 (call number), CHS-8604 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6002 (legacy record id), chs-m5992 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-6100 (legacy record id), 1-37-150 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6002

Unique identifier UC127864

Legacy Identifier CHS-8604.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.5 in × 11.4 in at 300dpi
47.1 cm × 28.9 cm at 300dpi

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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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