California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

The beginning of the Santa Monica Bicycle path on Washington Boulevard and Third Avenue, looking west, Los Angeles, June 1896

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The beginning of the Santa Monica Bicycle path on Washington Boulevard and Third Avenue, looking west, Los Angeles, June 1896

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Photograph of the beginning of the Santa Monica Bicycle path on Washington Boulevard and Third Avenue, looking west, Los Angeles, June 1896. A bicycle is leaned against a trellis which reads "Cycle Path" across its top. A horse and buggy can be seen making its way along Washington Street. To the left, a homestead with several buildings and a weathervain is visible. Telephone poles along Washington are also evident.

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Title The beginning of the Santa Monica Bicycle path on Washington Boulevard and Third Avenue, looking west, Los Angeles, June 1896

Subject Bicycles (lcsh), Buggy (subject), Cycling (lcsh), Horse (subject), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Washington #1 (file heading), Recreation -- Bicycling (file heading), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh), Unicycles (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Mid-City (city or populated place), Santa Monica Bicycle Path (roadway), USA (countries), Washington Boulevard & 3rd Avenue (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1896-06-01

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), 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 1896-06-01

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-m367

Identifier 6411 (accession number), CHS-6411 (call number), CHS-6411 (filename), isla id: S-4741 (identifying number), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3958 (legacy record id), chs-m367 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-365 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-8675 (legacy record id), 1-10-5 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3958

Unique identifier UC118327

Legacy Identifier CHS-6411.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.8 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
42.8 cm × 34.4 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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