California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of commercial buildings along Hollywood Boulevard looking west, ca.1912

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View of commercial buildings along Hollywood Boulevard looking west, ca.1912

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Photograph of a view of commercial buildings along Hollywood Boulevard looking west, ca.1912. A row of long, adjacent one-story commercial buildings is pictured back off the unpaved road that cuts across the frame from left to right. Along the sidewalk, four early automobiles have been parked. At the center of the shops, "Overland Automobiles" is pictued, to the left of which is "Nixon Motor Car Co." and "F.C. Howland O.L. Doolittle". To the right, a tarp sign on the front of the commercial shop reads "[...] Tailoring. The better kind. Open in a few days". Street car rails can be seen embedded in the road close to the sidewalk. Utility poles line the street. In the background, a Catholic church can be seen beyond the shops.; Other legible signs from left to right include: "Air Free", "For Rent" and "Tobacco Guy's Ba[...]".

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Title View of commercial buildings along Hollywood Boulevard looking west, ca.1912

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), commercial sites (adlf), Los Angeles -- Hollywood -- Streets -- Hollywood Boulevard (file heading), Overland Automobiles (subject), Roads (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place between Las Palmas Street and Cherokee Avenue (roadway), California (states), Hollywood (city or populated place), Hollywood Boulevard (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1912

Type images

Format 2 photographs : transparencies, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3396

Identifier 8907; 8937 (accession number), CHS-8907 (call number), CHS-8937 (call number), CHS-8907 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4351 (legacy record id), chs-m3396 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-3468 (legacy record id), 1-31-203 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4351

Unique identifier UC118815

Legacy Identifier CHS-8907.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.2 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
51.4 cm × 40.9 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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