California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

"El Palacio", Abel Stearns' residence in the Arcadia Block, which later became the Baker Block, Main Street, ca.1875

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"El Palacio", Abel Stearns' residence in the Arcadia Block, which later became the Baker Block, Main Street, ca.1875

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Photograph of "El Palacio", Abel Stearns' residence in the Arcadia Block, which later became the Baker Block, Main Street, ca.1875. The single-story U-shaped residence is long and flat. The extended roof, supported by posts, provides weather protection all around the building. Writing on the walls of the left wing reads: "saddles, halters, bridles, robes, whips, [...] soap, spurs, [...], 26". A sign posted on near the entrance to the right wing is illegible. A buggy is parked in front of the middle of the building. Several men are standing around in front of the building. Photo sleeve reads: "Built by Don Claudio Lopez in 1911" although this information is known to be incorrect, as Don Claudio died in 1833, and as the residence was actually built in 1842.

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Title "El Palacio", Abel Stearns' residence in the Arcadia Block, which later became the Baker Block, Main Street, ca.1875

Subject Adobe houses (lcsh), Dwellings (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Main Street -- North of Temple (file heading), residential sites (adlf), Stearns, Abel (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1875

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegatives, 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 1875

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m588

Identifier 5596 (accession number), CHS-5596 (call number), CHS-5596 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25536 (legacy record id), chs-m588 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-589 (legacy record id), 1-6-13 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25536

Unique identifier UC128661

Legacy Identifier CHS-5596.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.7 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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