California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

General Fremont's headquarters in Mellus Row, 1857 (or 1870)

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General Fremont's headquarters in Mellus Row, 1857 (or 1870)

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Photograph of a painting General Fremont's headquarters in Mellus Row, 1857 (or 1870). The two-story Mellus Row building (owned by Francis Mellus and Solomon Lazard), was taken over as headquarters by Fremont upon his arrival in Los Angeles and became the first state Capitol under the American occupation where the American city of Los Angeles was organized. On the southwest corner of Los Angeles Street and Aliso Street. Also in the image are a horse-drawn wagon, a man on horseback, and 7 pedestrians.

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Title General Fremont's headquarters in Mellus Row, 1857 (or 1870)

Subject Adobe houses (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Capitols (lcsh), Fremont (subject), Los Angeles -- General views -- Illustrations (2 of 2) (file heading), Los Angeles -- Sonora Town -- Architecture -- Domestic (file heading), Mellus Row (subject), Public buildings (lcsh), Sonora Town (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1857, 1870

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 21 cm., 20 x 25 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 1870

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-m4886

Identifier 550 (accession number), CHS-550 (call number), CHS-550 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25344 (legacy record id), chs-m4886 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-4984 (legacy record id), 1-15-19 (microfiche number), 1-22- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25344

Unique identifier UC128732

Legacy Identifier CHS-550.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.7 in × 13.0 in at 300dpi
42.4 cm × 33.1 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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