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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Panoramic drawing of Sonora Town, the first plaza area in Los Angeles, by Kuchel and Dresel, 1857
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Panoramic drawing of Sonora Town, the first plaza area in Los Angeles, by Kuchel and Dresel, 1857
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Photograph of a panoramic drawing of Sonora Town, the first plaza area in Los Angeles, by Kuchel and Dresel, 1857. The drawing consists of a main image surrounded by many smaller images bordering the main image. The main image shows a panoramic view of the city. The city is composed of mainly single-story adobe homes and several two-story buildings (possibly commercial). Trees dot the landscape. Mountains can be seen in the background. Surrounding the main image are smaller images showing the architectural styles of the buildings during that time. Compares to CHS-6229.; Captions under the largest picture (center) reads: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the rear 1857, by Kuchel & Dresel, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Cal.". Caption under the smaller pictures, starting from the top left corner going clockwise, read: "Leone Hoover", "San Suan", "Don Juan Ramirez", "Timms & Co., commission & forwardine business, San Pedro", "Stephen C. Fostep", "Don Jose Sepulveda", "McFarland a Downey", "Badefaure [...] Vidal", "Don Vicente Guerrero", "John Goller", "Bachman & Co.", "Don Filipe Ailhm", "Francis M[...]llus, Soilmon Lazang", "J. Temple", "Flashnia & Breylermann", "Don Lorenzo [...] "Abel Stearns", "Hellman & Bro", "Vineyard of Tromlinc & Kromlef", "Don Juan Domingo".; Legible signs within the pictures include: "Lafayette Hotel & Restaurant", "Tin Smith", "Carriage & Blacksmith", "Groceries & Provisions", "Los Dos Amigos", "Mellus Row", "Solomon Lazaro", "Temple", "Bella Union Hotel", "Hellman & Bro., books, stationery, and cigars".
Asset Metadata
Title
Panoramic drawing of Sonora Town, the first plaza area in Los Angeles, by Kuchel and Dresel, 1857
Subject
Architecture
(lcsh),
cities
(adlf),
Los Angeles -- General views -- Illustrations (2 of 2)
(file heading),
Los Angeles -- Sonora Town -- General
(file heading),
Plazas
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Sonora Town
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1857
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : transparencies, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
art
(aat),
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)
Date Created
1857
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-m4927
Identifier
5308 (
accession number
), CHS-5308 (
call number
), CHS-5308 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-25384 (
legacy record id
), chs-m4927 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-5025 (
legacy record id
), 1-15-68 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
25384
Unique identifier
UC128720
Legacy Identifier
CHS-5308.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.0 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 33.3 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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