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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Exterior view of the South Gate Masonic Temple building and the grocery store occupying the bottom floor, Los Angeles, ca.1900
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Exterior view of the South Gate Masonic Temple building and the grocery store occupying the bottom floor, Los Angeles, ca.1900
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Photograph of the exterior view of the South Gate Masonic Temple building and the grocery store occupying the structure's bottom floor, Los Angeles, ca.1900. The two-story corner building features two wide pediments with decorative moldings -- one on each of the visible sides of the building. Large buttresses and pilasters, capped with Corinthian capitals, provide support for the walls. "Southgate Masonic Temple" is embossed under the left pediment. The cloth awning covering the sidewalk of the market reads: "Parke & Bradford Meats, groceries, Braddock - McCrea Co. Bake[...]s, ice cream, soda, [...] & confectionary". Stockpiles of wood can been seen behind the building next to house (right). Other legible signs include: "[...]st., [...]e works", "364", "for rent, for sale", "meats, poultry, eggs, cream", "Bakers & Confectioners", "delicatessen".
Asset Metadata
Title
Exterior view of the South Gate Masonic Temple building and the grocery store occupying the bottom floor, Los Angeles, ca.1900
Subject
Associations, institutions, etc.
(lcsh),
Grocery trade
(lcsh),
Los Angeles County -- South Gate
(file heading),
religious facilities
(adlf),
South Gate Masonic Temple
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
South Gate
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1900
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 20 x 25 cm.
(aacr2),
glass plate negatives
(format),
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
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-m6666
Identifier
5287 (
accession number
), CHS-5287 (
call number
), CHS-5287 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-6729 (
legacy record id
), chs-m6666 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-6781 (
legacy record id
), 1-63- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
6729
Unique identifier
UC121901
Legacy Identifier
CHS-5287.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.5 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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