California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Belvedere Street, ca.1924

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View of the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Belvedere Street, ca.1924

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Photograph of a view of the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Belvedere Street, ca.1924. A bus en route to Los Angeles is visible making its way down Whittier at the left side of the image by a long row of cars parked along the sidewalk. To the right, other automobiles make their way down the road. One- to two-story brick commercial buildings line the street to either side, along with utility poles. On the corner in the far left foreground, an open shop appears to be vacant.; Legible signs from left to right include: "Lots. $300.00. 309 Whittier", "Lofilsland Co. Real Estate", "Bill's Place. Root Beer", "Laundry", "Tobacco", "Club", "Hotel", "C.F. Carlson & Co. Cleaners & Dyers", "Ford & Hannigan","Low", "Dancing", "Poultry", "Cigars", "Entrance in Alley", "James L. B[...] Solid Trailer Tires. Portable Gas [...]. Wheel Chains & [...]. Retire, Utility Tires", "Red Mill", "15 Mile Speed Limit", "Globe Furniture", "Credit", "E.A. Boies Building Materials. Phone Boyle -- 7170", and "Willey Funeral Chapel & [...]".

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Title View of the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Belvedere Street, ca.1924

Subject Los Angeles County -- Whittier -- Streets (file heading), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Whittier (city or populated place), Whittier Boulevard & Belvedere Street (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1924

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (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

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-m6811

Identifier 9061 (accession number), CHS-9061 (call number), CHS-9061 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6871 (legacy record id), chs-m6811 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-6925 (legacy record id), 1-58- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6871

Unique identifier UC121739

Legacy Identifier CHS-9061.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.2 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
51.4 cm × 41.0 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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