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View of the sunken gardens in Exposition Park, showing the museum building to the left, ca.1924
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View of the sunken gardens in Exposition Park, showing the museum building to the left, ca.1924
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Description
Photograph of a view of the sunken gardens in Exposition Park, showing the museum building to the left, ca.1924. The Romanesque building and entranceway to the museum stands beyond the garden's wall to the left, with two beds of the gardens and a tree visible at center. A second building, possibly the Fischer Gallery at the University of California, is visible in the distance across the street.
Asset Metadata
Title
View of the sunken gardens in Exposition Park, showing the museum building to the left, ca.1924
Subject
Exposition Park (formerly Agricultural Park)
(subject),
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),
Historical and Art Museum
(manmade features),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Sunken Garden
(manmade features),
USA
(countries)
Geocoordinate
34.01547,-118.28576 (
point
), 34.01713,-118.29067 (
point
), 34.01725,-118.28181 (
point
), 34.01826,-118.28608 (
point
)
Temporal Subject
1924
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 cm.
(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
1924
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-m3610
Identifier
7699 (
accession number
), CHS-7699 (
call number
), CHS-7699 (
filename
), isla id: S-4619 (
identifying number
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-4545 (
legacy record id
), chs-m3610 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-3685 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
4545
Unique identifier
UC119175
Legacy Identifier
CHS-7699.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.8 in × 15.5 in at 300dpi
50.3 cm × 39.3 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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