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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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A mountain hiker climbing Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, ca.1930
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A mountain hiker climbing Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, ca.1930
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Description
Photographic portrait of a mountain hiker climbing Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, ca.1930. A man equipped with ropes and hiking gear is holding on to an extended rope diagonal to the image. He is standing on a steep slope, apparently on a mountain, while looking uphill. An overview of mountain silhouettes can be seen in the background towards the horizon.
Asset Metadata
Title
A mountain hiker climbing Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, ca.1930
Subject
Mountaineering
(lcsh),
Mountains
(adlf),
National parks and reserves
(lcsh),
Recreation -- Mountain climbing
(file heading),
Yosemite National Park
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1930
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 19 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(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
1930
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11541
Identifier
12002 (
accession number
), CHS-12002 (
call number
), CHS-12002 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-10961 (
legacy record id
), chs-m11541 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-11691 (
legacy record id
), 1-60-89 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
10961
Unique identifier
UC118517
Legacy Identifier
CHS-12002.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
15.2 in × 20.6 in at 300dpi
38.6 cm × 52.5 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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