California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

An old adobe in Sonora Town, ca.1920

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An old adobe in Sonora Town, ca.1920

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Photograph of an old adobe in Sonora Town, ca.1920. The adobe's roof and walls show signs of extreme disrepair. A man in a light hat and dark pants poses in front. Several signs posted on its outside advertise for "Camel" and a large sign to the right advertises a performance by Carmen Rodriquez at the Teatro Novel. A four-story building advertising Wrigley's chewing gum on its side wall has two spires and is visible in the background. Along the side of the building, several telephone poles can be seen. At left, a man can be seen walking near the large telephone pole.

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Title An old adobe in Sonora Town, ca.1920

Subject Adobe houses (lcsh), Architecture, Domestic (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Dwellings (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles -- Sonora Town -- Architecture -- Domestic (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), southeast corner of New High Street & Ord Street (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1920

Type images

Format 3 photographs : photonegatives, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 10 x 13 cm., 20 x 25 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 1920

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-m4885

Identifier 6378 (accession number), CHS-6378 (call number), CHS-6378 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25343 (legacy record id), chs-m4885 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-4983 (legacy record id), 1-15-77 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25343

Unique identifier UC128675

Legacy Identifier CHS-6378.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.5 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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