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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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View of north Broadway in Sonora Town looking north from Fort Hill, ca.1869
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View of north Broadway in Sonora Town looking north from Fort Hill, ca.1869
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Description
Photograph of a view of north Broadway in Sonora Town looking north from Fort Hill, Los Angeles, ca.1869. Rocks cut in from the left foreground, obscuring some of the view of the town, which is comprised mostly out of craftsman-style houses arranged more or less each on their own block. The road is unpaved, visible to the right of center. Mountains are visible in the background. Photograph compares to CHS-6908, CHS-6954, CHS-7388 and CHS-7390.
Asset Metadata
Title
View of north Broadway in Sonora Town looking north from Fort Hill, ca.1869
Subject
Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles -- Sonora Town -- General
(file heading),
Plazas
(lcsh),
roadways
(adlf)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
North Broadway
(roadway),
Sonora Town
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1864/1874
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
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
1864/1874
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-m4913
Identifier
7078 (
accession number
), CHS-7078 (
call number
), CHS-7078 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-25371 (
legacy record id
), chs-m4913 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-5011 (
legacy record id
), 1-15-103 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
25371
Unique identifier
UC128579
Legacy Identifier
CHS-7078.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.4 in × 14.1 in at 300dpi
46.7 cm × 35.8 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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View of Justica Street looking north from Temple Street in Sonora Town, Los Angeles, ca.1880
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View of Sonora Town looking north from the Santa Monica Depot Railroad in the san Pedro Street area, 1873
Birdseye view of Sonora Town on North Broadway Street from Fort Moore Hill, Los Angeles, ca.1898
Panoramic view of Sonora Town from Fort Moore Hill looking north over Castelar (or Castellar?) Street, ca.1885
Drawing "A Flower from the Golden Land" by Ludwig Louis Salvator depicting north Broadway from Hill Street south of Sunset Boulevard in Sonora Town, ca.1870
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Birdseye view of Sonora Town looking north along Castelar Street, ca.1931
Birdseye view across Sonora Town, Los Angeles, ca.1870-1879
Covered sidewalk looking north along North Broadway from Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, ca.1892
Adobe commercial building on North Broadway, Sonora Town, 1900
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Homes along an unpaved Castelar Street looking north from Sunset Blvd., Sonora Town, ca.1880
Drawing depicting Sonora Town, the first plaza area in Los Angeles, east from Fort Hill, ca.1887
Panoramic view from Fort Hill of Sonora Town, the first plaza area in Los Angeles, 1887
Birdseye view of Sonora Town looking north from For Moore Hill (and/or residence of J.W. Robinson?), Los Angeles, ca.1900
Birdseye view over Broadway looking south from Court House Hill, Los Angeles, 1860
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