California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Panoramic view of Hollywood looking northeast from Santa Monica Boulevard and Highland Avenue, ca.1926

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Panoramic view of Hollywood looking northeast from Santa Monica Boulevard and Highland Avenue, ca.1926

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Photograph of a panoramic view of Hollywood looking northeast from Santa Monica Boulevard and Highland Avenue, ca.1926. The Hollywood State Bank and the Standard Fence Company are visible in the foreground to the left along the boulevard to the other side of which is a Shell Gas Station and other commercial buildings. Residential blocks fill the rest of the frame to the right, extending to the mountains in the background. In the extreme right foreground, a second gas station is partially visible.; Legible signs include: "Muller Bros. 'The World's Greatest Service Station'", "Hearts in Dixie", "RCA Radiola", "Auto Show / Jefferson & Royal", "Wash Rack", "Cinema Hotel Apartments", "Rooms with Bath $6.00 Week & Up", "Cantlay & Tanzola", "Hearn & Beardslee", "[San]dwich Nook", "Auto Park 15¢", and "Charles F. Laverty / Real Service for Fords". The Hollywood sign is also visible.

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Title Panoramic view of Hollywood looking northeast from Santa Monica Boulevard and Highland Avenue, ca.1926

Subject cities (adlf), Hollywood Studios (subject), Los Angeles -- Hollywood -- General -- Panoramas (file heading), Views (lcsh)

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 1921/1931

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 1921/1931

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-m3150

Identifier 7026 (accession number), CHS-7026 (call number), CHS-7026 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4112 (legacy record id), chs-m3150 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-3222 (legacy record id), 1-31-171 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4112

Unique identifier UC118936

Legacy Identifier CHS-7026.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.8 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 35.0 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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