California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior view of the Bella Union Hotel in Los Angeles, 1871

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Exterior view of the Bella Union Hotel in Los Angeles, 1871

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Bella Union Hotel in Los Angeles, 1871. The three-story hotel is pictured at center, three rows of arched doors and windows on each level. On the top level, a man or woman in dark clothing is standing on the balcony, looking to the left. Below, a horse-drawn carriage has stopped in front of the hotel's lower window, which reads "Davidson Dealers. Havana and Domestic. Cigars, Tobacco [...]". Farther right, two men converse on the sidewalk, which is lined by bare trees. The hotel sports its name on its side, which is made of red brick. Farther left, the two-story Bank of Los Angeles (Farmers and Merchants) is visible.

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Title Exterior view of the Bella Union Hotel in Los Angeles, 1871

Subject Bella Union Hotel (subject), buildings (adlf), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Hotels #2 (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1871

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), 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 1871

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-m1251

Identifier 8532 (accession number), CHS-8532 (call number), CHS-8532 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2128 (legacy record id), chs-m1251 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-1296 (legacy record id), 1-6-41 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2128

Unique identifier UC117976

Legacy Identifier CHS-8532.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.7 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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