California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Pershing Square shops along the south side of Sixth Street near Olive Street, ca.1950-1960

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Pershing Square shops along the south side of Sixth Street near Olive Street, ca.1950-1960

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Photograph of Pershing Square shops along the south side of Sixth Street near Olive Street, ca.1950-1960. At left, two automobiles move past Florsheim Shoes and Tavelman's, which are set into the ground floors of highrise buildings. Farther in, the Union Pacific building is constructed in a Greek Revival style. Other legible signs include: "French Shriner".

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Title Pershing Square shops along the south side of Sixth Street near Olive Street, ca.1950-1960

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1950/1960

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Florsheim Shoes (subject), Los Angeles -- Streets -- 6th Street #1 (file heading), roadways (adlf), Stores, Retail (lcsh), Streets (lcsh), Union Pacific Building (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 6th Street & Olive Street (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1950/1960

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (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)

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-m556

Identifier 44028 (accession number), CHS-44028 (call number), CHS-44028 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25506 (legacy record id), chs-m556 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-557 (legacy record id), 85-3-7 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25506

Unique identifier UC128544

Legacy Identifier CHS-44028.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 22.0 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
56.0 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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