California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of Washington Boulevard, looking west at Cochran Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1924

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View of Washington Boulevard, looking west at Cochran Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1924

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Photograph of a view of Washington Boulevard, looking west at Cochran Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1924. The street shows light traffic. At left is an arrow sign advertising "[...]rtson Co., [...]vision". Homes are visible in the background.

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Title View of Washington Boulevard, looking west at Cochran Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1924

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Dwellings (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Washington #2 (file heading), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Washington Boulevard & Cochran Avenue (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1924

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 1924

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-m375

Identifier 9032 (accession number), CHS-9032 (call number), CHS-9032 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3966 (legacy record id), chs-m375 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-373 (legacy record id), 1-10-10 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3966

Unique identifier UC118262

Legacy Identifier CHS-9032.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.9 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
53.2 cm × 33.5 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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