California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Southern Pacific Railroad Depot and Ocean View Hotel at Long Beach, California, ca.1890

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Southern Pacific Railroad Depot and Ocean View Hotel at Long Beach, California, ca.1890

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Photograph of the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot and Ocean View Hotel at Long Beach, California, ca.1890. Several people stand along the tracks to either side, watching the train come in. The depot behind them sports two main stories, a balcony, and a tower that extends two more, open at the top. Another building is visible in the right background. Telephone poles are evident. The caption below the photo reads "Southern Pacific at Long Beach--About 1890". Alternative location: Union Pacific Train on Ocean Front (L.A. Terminal).

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Title Southern Pacific Railroad Depot and Ocean View Hotel at Long Beach, California, ca.1890

Subject Los Angeles County -- Long Beach -- General views (file heading), railroad features (adlf), Railroads -- Stations (lcsh), Southern Pacific Railroad (corporate name)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1890

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (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 1890

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

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-m5801

Identifier 6513 (accession number), CHS-6513 (call number), CHS-6513 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5816 (legacy record id), chs-m5801 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-5920 (legacy record id), 1-32- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5816

Unique identifier UC127810

Legacy Identifier CHS-6513.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.4 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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