California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of Washington Boulevard looking west from Third Avenue, ca.1925-1930

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View of Washington Boulevard looking west from Third Avenue, ca.1925-1930

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Photograph of a view of Washington Boulevard looking west from Third Avenue, ca.1925-1930. The streets are busy with traffic movement and pedestrian crossings. On the corner across the street is Western Auto Supply Company. Utility poles line the street. Legible signs include: "Wester Auto Supply Co.", Glob[...]", [...] laundry".

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Title View of Washington Boulevard looking west from Third Avenue, ca.1925-1930

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Washington #2 (file heading), roadways (adlf), Stores, Retail (lcsh), Streets (lcsh), Western Auto Supply Company (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Washington Boulevard & 3rd Avenue (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1925/1930

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 1925/1930

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-m369

Identifier 8274 (accession number), CHS-8274 (call number), CHS-8274 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3960 (legacy record id), chs-m369 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-367 (legacy record id), 1-10-9 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3960

Unique identifier UC118235

Legacy Identifier CHS-8274.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.0 in × 15.7 in at 300dpi
50.8 cm × 40.0 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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