Sunken Gardens in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, ca.1924

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Photograph of Sunken Gardens in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, ca.1924. A large rectangular bed of sunken pansies or impatients are shown at center, with patches of grass separating the bed from the other, similarly-situated beds on its periphery. The park's stone fence is visible in the background, along with trees and a portion of a building in the distance. Utility poles are also visible.

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Title Sunken Gardens in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, ca.1924

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1919/1929

Subject Exposition Park (formerly Agricultural Park) (subject), Flowers (lcsh), Gardens (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Parks -- Exposition Park (formerly Agricultural Park) (file heading), Parks (lcsh), Parks (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Exposition Boulevard & Figueroa Street (roadway), Exposition Park (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Sunken Garden (manmade features), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1919/1929

Type images

Format 1 photograph : 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)

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-m3612

Identifier 7698 (accession number), CHS-7698 (call number), chs-7698 (filename), isla id: S-4618 (identifying number), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4547 (legacy record id), chs-m3612 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-3687 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4547

Unique identifier UC119167

Legacy Identifier chs-7698.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.9 in × 15.6 in at 300dpi
50.6 cm × 39.6 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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