California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Hill residences in Hollywood, California, 1926

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Hill residences in Hollywood, California, 1926

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Photograph of hill residences in Hollywood, California, 1926. Small palms are planted in the meticulously trimmed grass rectangles that line the outer edge of the sidewalks. Four two-story villas with terracotta roof shingles can be seen along the far side of the road. They are decorated by tall trees with their own lawns meticulously trimmed. An early automobile is parked along the near side of the road. Mountains are visible in detail in the background.

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Title Hill residences in Hollywood, California, 1926

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1926

Subject Architecture, Domestic (lcsh), Dwellings (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Hollywood -- Architecture -- Domestic (unidentified) (file heading), residential sites (adlf)

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 1926

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 20 x 25 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)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3282

Identifier 6540 (accession number), CHS-6540 (call number), CHS-6540 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4239 (legacy record id), chs-m3282 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-3354 (legacy record id), 1-31-84 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4239

Unique identifier UC118611

Legacy Identifier CHS-6540.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.2 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

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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