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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Panoramic view of Sixth Street and Olive Street, ca.1912
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Panoramic view of Sixth Street and Olive Street, ca.1912
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Description
Photograph of a panoramic view of Sixth Street and Olive Street, ca.1912. Street repair work is being done near the sidewalk at left. The men use pick axes to dig up the ground. Pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages travel down the streets.; Legible signs include: "Golden Gate Compressed Yeast Co., 603 S. Olive", "Parker fountain pen", "Central Park pharmacy, Barritt the druggist, purest drugs and chemicals, prescription experts, patent medicines at lowest [...] prices, perfumes, stationery, fires[...]pe sundries, the best coldest soda in the city, fine candies, fresh [...], [ph]one your orders, prompt free deliveries, home 372 [...]", "cut rate druggist", "the Silver City", "[...]ington books", "the Glenngarry", "furnished rooms", "park view", "Geo W. Walker's, Fontella, 5¢ cigars smoke like 10¢", "optimo", "ice cream 5¢ & 10¢", "Counsello[p], king of 5¢ cigars".
Asset Metadata
Title
Panoramic view of Sixth Street and Olive Street, ca.1912
Subject
buildings
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Streets -- 6th Street #2
(file heading),
roadways
(adlf),
Streets
(lcsh),
Streets -- Maintenance and repair
(lcsh)
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
1912
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 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
1912
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-m562
Identifier
6218 (
accession number
), CHS-6218 (
call number
), CHS-6218 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-25512 (
legacy record id
), chs-m562 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-563 (
legacy record id
), 1-8-26 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
25512
Unique identifier
UC128535
Legacy Identifier
CHS-6218.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.9 in × 15.6 in at 300dpi
50.6 cm × 39.8 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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