California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Colorado Street Bridge from beneath, with an older bridge still standing under it, lower in the Arroyo Seco, Pasadena, ca.1915-1920

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Colorado Street Bridge from beneath, with an older bridge still standing under it, lower in the Arroyo Seco, Pasadena, ca.1915-1920

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Photograph of the Colorado Street Bridge from beneath, with an older bridge still standing under it, lower in the Arroyo Seco, Pasadena, ca.1915-1920. The new bridge, a trusted deck arch bridge, towers over the older bridge, a Howe trust bridge. Shrubs and bushes cover the foreground. Wood and lumber are scattered over the ground in the distance (left). A two-story house is visible in the distance (center). Two street lamps stand at a shoulder on the bridge.

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Title Colorado Street Bridge from beneath, with an older bridge still standing under it, lower in the Arroyo Seco, Pasadena, ca.1915-1920

Subject Bridges (lcsh), Bridges (adlf), Pasadena -- General (file heading), Pasadena (Los Angeles) -- General Views (subject), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1915/1920

Type images

Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1915/1920

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-m6018

Identifier 5164 (accession number), CHS-5164 (call number), CHS-5164 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6118 (legacy record id), chs-m6018 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-6126 (legacy record id), 1-34-58 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6118

Unique identifier UC128039

Legacy Identifier CHS-5164.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 14.0 in × 17.2 in at 300dpi
35.5 cm × 43.7 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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