California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Drawing by Tom Hill, called "Crossing the Plains," showing a chain of ox-drawn covered wagons, ca.1850

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Drawing by Tom Hill, called "Crossing the Plains," showing a chain of ox-drawn covered wagons, ca.1850

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Photograph of a drawing by Tom Hill, called "Crossing the Plains," showing a chain of ox-drawn covered wagons, ca.1850. The wagon in view has eight oxen pulling it. Three women are sitting inside the covered wagon. Two men on foot and two men on horses ride next to the wagon. Behind them is a chain of other wagons and horsemen.

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Title Drawing by Tom Hill, called "Crossing the Plains," showing a chain of ox-drawn covered wagons, ca.1850

Subject Ox driving (lcsh), Pioneers (lcsh), Plains (adlf), Transportation -- Draft -- Wagons trains (file heading), Wagons (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1850

Type images

Format 3 photographs : photonegative, transparency, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographic prints (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 1850

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (author), Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

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-m11780

Identifier 6079 (accession number), CHS-6079 (call number), CHS-6079 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11191 (legacy record id), chs-m11780 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-11931 (legacy record id), 1-155- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11191

Unique identifier UC128384

Legacy Identifier CHS-6079.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.8 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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