California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Otis Carillon at the Santa Monica Boulevard entrance to Hollywood Cemetery, ca.1903-1906

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Otis Carillon at the Santa Monica Boulevard entrance to Hollywood Cemetery, ca.1903-1906

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Photograph of the Otis Carillon (from the rear) at the Santa Monica Boulevard entrance to Hollywood Cemetery, ca.1903-1906. The mission-style stone Otis Carillon building dominates the entry. A wooden fence with stone posts surrounds the cemetery. The carillon was presented to the Cemetery by General Harrison Gray Otis in memory of his wife, Eliza A. Otis. Utility poles and lines can be seen over the houses outside the cemetery. The mountains are visible in the background.

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Title Otis Carillon at the Santa Monica Boulevard entrance to Hollywood Cemetery, ca.1903-1906

Subject Cemeteries (lcsh), Cemeteries (adlf), Hollywood Cemetery (subject), Los Angeles -- Hollywood -- Architecture -- Public buildings (file heading), Otis, Eliza A. (subject), Otis, General Harrison Gray (subject)

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 1903/1906

Type images

Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 20 x 25 cm.; 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1903/1906

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-m3314

Identifier 2475.1 (accession number), CHS-2475.1 (call number), CHS-2475.1 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4271 (legacy record id), chs-m3314 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-3386 (legacy record id), 1-31-29 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4271

Unique identifier UC119013

Legacy Identifier CHS-2475.1.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.6 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
42.3 cm × 34.5 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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