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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Main Street looking north-east from a point near Commercial Street, showing the Grand Central Hotel, Los Angeles, 1888
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Main Street looking north-east from a point near Commercial Street, showing the Grand Central Hotel, Los Angeles, 1888
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Description
Photograph of Main Street looking north-east from a point near Commercial Street, showing the Grand Central Hotel, Los Angeles, 1888 The dirt lanes of Main Street run diagonally through the image from the lower right to the left background, dotted by horse-drawn carriages and trolley cars. The street is bordered on both sides by parked carriages and two- to three-story commercial buildings, which are constructed primarily in the Second Empire style of architecture. Men and women stand along the sidewalks that edge each side of the street. The elaborate structure of the Grand Central Hotel sits at the center of the image.; Legible signs, from left to right, include: "Southern California Insurance Company", "Santa Fe Route", "[Furn]iture, Carpets, Paper, Bedd[ing]", "Saratoga Restaurant", "Grand Central Hotel", and "St. Charle[s]". Additional information: Identifiable structures include, from left to right: 1) St Elmo Hotel (1856-1937). It was built as the Lafayette Hotel, set back 40 feet from Main Street. In 1873, it was extended eastward to align with the building line of adjacent buildings on Main Street. It later became the Cosmopolitan and then the St. Elmo Hotel. 2) Pico House (built in 1869-70) -- just visible behind pole. Renamed the National Hotel in May 8, 1892, and retained that name until at least 1906. 3) Merced Theater (built in 1870) -- barely visible behind the pole. 4) Baker Block (1877-1942). 5) Grand Central Hotel (1874-1957) -- built as the Perry-Riley Building. Second and third floors initially occupied by the Backman House. With new management in 1875, it was renamed the Central Hotel, then Grand Central Hotel in 1876. 6) St. Charles Hotel (built circa 1853, demolished in 1940). It began in 1849 as the one-story Bella Union Hotel. The second floor was added in 1851 and the third in 1869. It was renamed the Clarendon Hotel in 1873, then renamed again as the St. Charles in 1875.
Asset Metadata
Title
Main Street looking north-east from a point near Commercial Street, showing the Grand Central Hotel, Los Angeles, 1888
Subject
Grand Central Hotel
(subject),
Horse railroads
(lcsh),
Hotels, taverns, etc.
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Streets -- Main Street -- Temple to 4th
(file heading),
roadways
(adlf),
Streets
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Main Street
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1888
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, 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
1888
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-m616
Identifier
31134 (
accession number
), CHS-31134 (
call number
), CHS-31134 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-6023 (
legacy record id
), chs-m616 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-617 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
6023
Unique identifier
UC128111
Legacy Identifier
CHS-31134.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.1 in × 11.6 in at 300dpi
48.7 cm × 29.5 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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