California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Drawing (or painting?) of the Los Angeles Plaza done in 1853 by Charles Koppel, looking east from Fort Moore Hill to the west, 1853

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Drawing (or painting?) of the Los Angeles Plaza done in 1853 by Charles Koppel, looking east from Fort Moore Hill to the west, 1853

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Photograph of a drawing (or painting?) of the Los Angeles Plaza done in 1853 by Charles Koppel, looking east from Fort Moore Hill to the west, 1853. A small house is situated on the hill (at left). The town below consists of scattered buildings. There is little activity happening in town. Mountains are visible to the left and in the distance.

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Title Drawing (or painting?) of the Los Angeles Plaza done in 1853 by Charles Koppel, looking east from Fort Moore Hill to the west, 1853

Subject buildings (lcsh), cities (adlf), Los Angeles -- General -- Drawings (file heading), Los Angeles -- General views -- Illustrations (1 of 2) (file heading), Plazas (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1853

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 1853

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-m3000

Identifier 6087; 1-14-7; 1-14-17 (accession number), CHS-6087 (call number), CHS-6087 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3990 (legacy record id), chs-m3000 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-3073 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3990

Unique identifier UC118345

Legacy Identifier CHS-6087.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 12.9 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 32.9 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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