California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Collection of panoramic lithographs depicting Los Angeles, Wilmington and Santa Monica, ca.1877

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Collection of panoramic lithographs depicting Los Angeles, Wilmington and Santa Monica, ca.1877

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Photograph of a collection of panoramic lithographs depicting Los Angeles, Wilmington and Santa Monica, ca.1877. All three lithographs in the image are shown as aerial views: Los Angeles is pictured at the top, hills visible in the left and right foregrounds, between which a circular park area is located. The blocks of the city extend afterwards into the distance. Wilmington is pictured at the bottom left, identified by a caption. Boats travel the harbor and straits in the foreground, including what appears to be a ferry. Finally, Santa Monica is pictured at the bottom right, also with a view of water. The harbor seems to be shown, with the town on dry land in the foreground and a circular basin of water visible in the background, into which a wharf extends. Boats navigate in the vicinity. Compares to: CHS-7465. Photo is identical to bottom left hand portion of image.

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Title Collection of panoramic lithographs depicting Los Angeles, Wilmington and Santa Monica, ca.1877

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Santa Monica (city or populated place), USA (countries), Wilmington (city or populated place)

Temporal Subject 1872/1882

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.; 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), 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 1872/1882

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-m3010

Identifier 7504 (accession number), CHS-7504 (call number), CHS-7504 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3996 (legacy record id), chs-m3010 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-3082 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3996

Unique identifier UC118244

Legacy Identifier CHS-7504.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.7 in × 15.1 in at 300dpi
50.2 cm × 38.3 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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