California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior view of the Wigg Construction Company office building on the corner of Pacific Avenue and Emerald Street, Redondo Beach, ca.1926

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Exterior view of the Wigg Construction Company office building on the corner of Pacific Avenue and Emerald Street, Redondo Beach, ca.1926

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Wigg Construction Company office building on the corner of Pacific Avenue and Emerald Street, Redondo Beach, ca.1926. A large, two-story building in the Art Deco style is pictured at center, signs above the door and window advertising the Wigg Construction Co. and Krempel & Erkes Architects and Engineers. Automobiles are parked along the street at either side of the corner, and railcar tracks can be seen embedded in the pavement. A sign for John's Cafe can be seen to the far right, offering lunch for 25 cents. An earlier record contends that a Model-A Ford automobile can be seen.

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Title Exterior view of the Wigg Construction Company office building on the corner of Pacific Avenue and Emerald Street, Redondo Beach, ca.1926

Subject Architects (lcsh), buildings (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Construction industry (lcsh), John's Cafe (subject), Kempel & Erkes, Architects and Engineers (subject), Los Angeles County -- Redondo Beach -- Architecture -- General (file heading), Wigg Construction Co. (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Pacific Avenue at Emerald Street (roadway), Redondo Beach (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1926

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), 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 1926

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-m1158

Identifier 12749 (accession number), CHS-12749 (call number), CHS-12749 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2037 (legacy record id), chs-m1158 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-1200 (legacy record id), 1-42-39 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2037

Unique identifier UC117963

Legacy Identifier CHS-12749.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 35.0 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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