Montage of four drawings depicting various scenes in Porterville, 1900-1940

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Photograph of four drawings depicting various scenes in Porterville, 1900-1940. A drawing reading, "Pioneer Land Company. Fig tree, said to be the largest in the state" is visible at top left. It depicts a man sitting on a horse at left looking at a man standing on the branch of a tree at right. The man on the branch is pointing upwards with his right hand. Both men wear hats and have mustaches, while a second tree and flat, open land are depicted in the background.; A drawing reading, "View of Main Street in Porterville, Cal. Looking North" is visible at top right. It depicts a wide dirt road lined with buildings running from the foreground to the background. The building at left reads, "Pioneer Hotel" and has a covered walkway. Four men are depicted standing in front of a utility pole at left, while at least five carriages are visible on the road. Hills and a building with a tower are depicted in the background.; A drawing reading, "Palm Tree. Pioneer Land Co. Porterville" is visible at bottom right. A palm tree with rounded fronds is depicted at center, while a woman and child are visible sitting to the right of it. A bush is visible at left, while open, grassy land is visible in the background.; A drawing reading, "View of Pioneer Land Co's Tract, Looking East, Porterville in the Background" is visible at bottom left. Various crops are depicted on square plots of land at center. Rocks on the side of a hill are depicted in the foreground, while two fences are visible at the bottom of the hill. Trees are visible in the background.

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Title Montage of four drawings depicting various scenes in Porterville, 1900-1940

Subject aggricultural sites (adlf), roadways (adlf), Tulare County -- General (file heading), woods (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1900/1940

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 1900/1940

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-m19716

Identifier 45736 (accession number), CHS-45736 (call number), CHS-45736 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-19541 (legacy record id), chs-m19716 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14317 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 19541

Unique identifier UC121710

Legacy Identifier CHS-45736.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.8 in × 21.0 in at 300dpi
42.7 cm × 53.3 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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