California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Chutes Park (later Horsley Park) looking northwest on Washington Boulevard and Grand Avenue, ca.1905

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Chutes Park (later Horsley Park) looking northwest on Washington Boulevard and Grand Avenue, ca.1905

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Photograph of Chutes Park (later Horsley Park) looking northwest on Washington Boulevard and Grand Avenue, showing Saint Vincent's Church and College, Los Angeles, ca.1905. A large, multi-laned slide stands at the center of the image, while children play on see-saws and a swing set below. The city is visible in the background, where Saint Vincent's Church and College can be seen. On the boardwalk to the right, a sign reads "The City of London Curtains and Drapery / 213 S.Broadway". The roof of a gazebo is visible in the bottom of the extreme right foreground.

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Title Chutes Park (later Horsley Park) looking northwest on Washington Boulevard and Grand Avenue, ca.1905

Subject Amusement parks (lcsh), Horsley Park (formerly Chutes Park) (subject), Los Angeles -- Parks -- Horsley Park (formerly Chutes Park) (file heading), Parks (adlf), Saint Vincent's Church and College (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1900/1910

Type images

Format 3 photographs : photonegatives, transparency, b&w ; 21 x 16 cm., 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat), transparencies (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 1900/1910

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-m3633

Identifier 7172 (accession number), CHS-7172 (call number), CHS-7172 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4567 (legacy record id), chs-m3633 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-3709 (legacy record id), 1-91- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4567

Unique identifier UC119129

Legacy Identifier CHS-7172.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.6 in × 15.6 in at 300dpi
52.4 cm × 39.8 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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