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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Drying apricots in the sun at E.P. Leone Fruit Company, Van Nuys and Sherman Way, Van Nuys, July 31, 1929
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Drying apricots in the sun at E.P. Leone Fruit Company, Van Nuys and Sherman Way, Van Nuys, July 31, 1929
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Description
Photograph of two people drying apricots in the sun at E.P. Leone Fruit Company, Van Nuys and Sherman Way, Van Nuys, in July 31, 1929. Two people in straw hats heave a large tray of apricots onto the ground alongside multiple trays just as full. In the foreground, to the left, stands a cart stacked with apricot trays for drying. A row of trees stands behind a fence and utility poles in the background.
Asset Metadata
Title
Drying apricots in the sun at E.P. Leone Fruit Company, Van Nuys and Sherman Way, Van Nuys, July 31, 1929
Subject
agricultural sites
(adlf),
Agriculture -- Crops -- Apricots
(file heading),
Apricot
(lcsh),
Fruit trees
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
USA
(countries),
Van Nuys
(city or populated place),
Van Nuys and Sherman Way
(roadway)
Temporal Subject
1929-07-31
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 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
1929-07-31
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m19823
Identifier
35457 (
accession number
), CHS-35457 (
call number
), CHS-35457 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-19646 (
legacy record id
), chs-m19823 (
legacy record id
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
19646
Unique identifier
UC121835
Legacy Identifier
CHS-35457.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.9 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
48.0 cm × 33.7 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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