California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Cactus and scrub oak along a mission road to San Fernando from Riverside, Elysian Park, ca.1895

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Cactus and scrub oak along a mission road to San Fernando from Riverside, Elysian Park, ca.1895

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Photograph of cactus and scrub oak along a mission road to San Fernando from Riverside, Elysian Park, ca.1895. The hills, which are identified as being along the Los Angeles River, are pictured to the right, while a narrow dirt path runs from the lower right to the lower left of the image. A large fruiting cactus bush is pictured at the extreme right.

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Title Cactus and scrub oak along a mission road to San Fernando from Riverside, Elysian Park, ca.1895

Subject Botany -- Cacti (file heading), Cactus (lcsh), Elysian Park (subject), Los Angeles -- Parks -- Elysian Park (file heading), Parks (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Trees (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1895

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1895

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-m3605

Identifier 2051 (accession number), CHS-2051 (call number), CHS-2051 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4541 (legacy record id), chs-m3605 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14203 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-3680 (legacy record id), 1-77-54 (microfiche number), 1-91- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4541

Unique identifier UC118900

Legacy Identifier CHS-2051.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.8 in × 14.2 in at 300dpi
45.4 cm × 36.2 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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