California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of the Pico House, Masonic Temple and the Plaza area from a hill overlooking Spring Street and Main Street in Los Angeles, December 1, 1869

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View of the Pico House, Masonic Temple and the Plaza area from a hill overlooking Spring Street and Main Street in Los Angeles, December 1, 1869

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Photograph of a view of the Pico House, Masonic Temple and the Plaza area from a hill overlooking Spring Street and Main Street, Los Angeles, December 1, 1869. In the foreground is a community of small houses. Just beyond the community is the Pico House, which faces Main Street. The Plaza is to the left of the Pico House. The Masonic Temple (or Hall?) stands several buildings to the right of the Pico House. A majority of the buildings in view are residential houses.

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Title View of the Pico House, Masonic Temple and the Plaza area from a hill overlooking Spring Street and Main Street in Los Angeles, December 1, 1869

Subject cities (adlf), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Plaza #1 -- General views -- 1860 to 1879 (file heading), Pico House (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1869-12-01

Type images

Format 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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 1869-12-01

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2429

Identifier 5838 (accession number), CHS-5838 (call number), CHS-5838 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3351 (legacy record id), chs-m2429 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2490 (legacy record id), 1-14-16 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3351

Unique identifier UC120727

Legacy Identifier CHS-5838.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.6 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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