California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Painting by Einar Corsten Petersen, depicting the "Arrival of the First Schoolteachers", ca.1860

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Painting by Einar Corsten Petersen, depicting the "Arrival of the First Schoolteachers", ca.1860

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Photograph of a painting by Einar Corsten Petersen, depicting the "Arrival of the First Schoolteachers", ca.1860. A cowboy is pictured astride his horse in the right foreground, while a young woman in a frilly dress stands to the left, having just gotten out of the stage coach behind her. She holds a hatbox at her side. Two bags sit on the ground next to her on the left. A man in a suit and top hat stands behind her. The town and a few of its citizens are visible in the background.

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Title Painting by Einar Corsten Petersen, depicting the "Arrival of the First Schoolteachers", ca.1860

Subject Art (lcsh), Art -- Peterson, Einar (file heading), Art -- Women (file heading), cities (adlf), Coaching (lcsh), Cowboys (lcsh), Horses (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Schools -- Intermediate and Grammar Schools (file heading), Schools (lcsh), Teachers (lcsh), Transportation -- Draft -- Stage coaches (Illustrations) (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1855/1865

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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)

Date Created 1855/1865

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (artist), 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-m4687

Identifier 7791 (accession number), CHS-7791 (call number), CHS-7791 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5060 (legacy record id), chs-m4687 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-4784 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-12034 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14104 (legacy record id), 1-18- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5060

Unique identifier UC127574

Legacy Identifier CHS-7791.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 14.5 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 36.9 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

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