California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Panoramic view of Hollywood looking northeast from the Roosevelt Hotel, 1929

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Panoramic view of Hollywood looking northeast from the Roosevelt Hotel, 1929

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Photograph of a panoramic view of Hollywood looking northeast from the Roosevelt Hotel, 1929. The stage house for the Chinise Theatre stands in the center foreground, terminating in a rectangular structure with eight metal chimney stacks aligned in two rows. Further back, an apartment or office building of approximately five stories stands in the midst of two-story condominium residences. A radio tower can be seen to the right of it. The terrain is hilly and covered with trees, while mountains can be seen in the background.

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Title Panoramic view of Hollywood looking northeast from the Roosevelt Hotel, 1929

Subject Chinise Theatre (corporate name), cities (adlf), Los Angeles -- Hollywood -- General views -- Panoramas (1906-1915) (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Hollywood (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1929

Type images

Format 1 microfilm frame : negative, b&w ; 35 mm. (aacr2), microfilms (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 1929

Creator 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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3117

Identifier 7014 (accession number), CHS-7014 (call number), CHS-7014 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4080 (legacy record id), chs-m3117 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-3189 (legacy record id), 1-31-159 (microfiche number), J (microfilm reel number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4080

Unique identifier UC118813

Legacy Identifier CHS-7014.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.0 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
51.0 cm × 41.2 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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