California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Aerial view of Hollywood looking north from Sunset Boulevard, 1918

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Aerial view of Hollywood looking north from Sunset Boulevard, 1918

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Photograph of an aerial view of Hollywood looking north from Sunset Boulevard, 1918. Hollywood High School is visible in the lower left corner of the image; it has a large athletic field and several square white buildings. Along the top edge of the image, the base of the Hollywood Hills is visible. The right side of the image is mostly residential, with a large number of houses and trees mixed in with one another.

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Title Aerial view of Hollywood looking north from Sunset Boulevard, 1918

Subject cities (adlf), Hollywood High School (subject), Los Angeles -- Hollywood -- General views -- Aerials (file heading), Schools (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Highland Avenue (roadway), Hollywood (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Sunset Boulevard (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1918

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 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 1918

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-m3171

Identifier 10041 (accession number), CHS-10041 (call number), CHS-10041 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4131 (legacy record id), chs-m3171 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-3243 (legacy record id), 1-31-247 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4131

Unique identifier UC118335

Legacy Identifier CHS-10041.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 33.9 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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