California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior view of the Pico House and Plaza, Sonora Town, ca.1878

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Exterior view of the Pico House and Plaza, Sonora Town, ca.1878

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Photograph of the exterior view of the Pico House and Plaza, Sonora Town, ca.1878. The name of the building is embossed in the pediment above the third story. The building features arched windows and cornices above every floor. Tracks on the street curve along the fenced in park (at left).; Picture file card reads: "Pico House and Plaza, East Los Angeles and San Pedro Street Railway. This car track was designed to run from the Los Angeles and Independence Railroad depot at Fourth Street and San Pedro Street to Pritchard Street and Downey Avenue (north Broadway), East Los Angeles. It was broad guage and was completed only to Mullally's brick yard on Buena Vista Street (north Broadway) east of College Street. It started on San Pedro Street at Fourth Street and ran north to First Street, to Los Angeles, to Sanchez, to Plaza, to Main, to Marchessault, to Upper Main, to Short (Sunset Boulevard), to Buena Vista, to College. The company was organized May 1875, capital $50,000. Directors were E.E. Hewitt of Southern Pacific Railroad, James F. Ward, Thos. E. Garey, I.W. Lord, F. Sabichi, H.J. Crow, and R.M. Widney. The purchase of the Los Angeles and Independence Railroad in 1877 changed the route of this line so that it only ran to the Southern Pacific depot at Commercial Street from Fourth Street and San Pedro STreet -- the balance being discontinued. A private citizen leased the north end of it in 1878; but not finding it profitable, the tracks were torn up in 1880." -- by E.E. Lewis.

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Title Exterior view of the Pico House and Plaza, Sonora Town, ca.1878

Subject buildings (adlf), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Hotels #4 (file heading), Pico House (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1878

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w (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 1878

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-m1286

Identifier 8603 (accession number), CHS-8603 (call number), CHS-8603 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2161 (legacy record id), chs-m1286 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-1331 (legacy record id), 1-14-26 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2161

Unique identifier UC117951

Legacy Identifier CHS-8603.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 14.0 in × 17.1 in at 300dpi
35.5 cm × 43.4 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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