California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior view of the two-story Fitch adobe built by Jacon P. Leese, 1937

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Exterior view of the two-story Fitch adobe built by Jacon P. Leese, 1937

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Photograph of a two-story Fitch adobe built by Jacon P. Leese, 1937. A two-story building with a sloped roof and chimney is visible spanning left to right. At least three doors and five windows are visible at street level. Signs are visible on the first story from left to right reading, "W.E. Kiefer Jeweler", "W.W. Carter Real Estate, Insurance, Notary Public, "Shoe Repairing", "F. Nichelini Pumps and Plumbing", and "Moune Chilled Plows". A banner reading, "W.W. Carter Real Estate Insurance" is visible hanging over the second-story balcony, while a sign reading "F. Nichelini Mason's Plumbing, Hardware" is visible on the second-story at right. A sidewalk runs in front of the building, while a road is visible in the foreground. An automobile is visible parked at left on the street, while the front portion of a second automobile is visible at right. Photoprint reads: "Jacon P. Leese who also was the first man to build a house at Yerba Buena".

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Title Exterior view of the two-story Fitch adobe built by Jacon P. Leese, 1937

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1937

Subject Adobe houses (lcsh), buildings (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Dwellings (lcsh), Sonoma County -- Sonoma (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1937

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 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)

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-m19663

Identifier 12382 (accession number), CHS-12382 (call number), CHS-12382 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-19488 (legacy record id), chs-m19663 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14350 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 19488

Unique identifier UC121418

Legacy Identifier CHS-12382.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.2 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
51.4 cm × 41.3 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

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