California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Birdseye view of Castle Rock in Santa Monica from the north side hill, [s.d.]

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Birdseye view of Castle Rock in Santa Monica from the north side hill, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a birdseye view of Castle Rock in Santa Monica from the north side hill, [s.d.]. The large conical rock is at center, jutting out over a sandy beach at right. There is another large rock in the water near Castle Rock. The two-lane Pacific Coast Highway winds its way along the shore at center. The left side of the road is bordered by steep mountains covered in low brush. There are cars parked along the side of the road at right, and three people can be seen walking in the breaking waves.

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Title Birdseye view of Castle Rock in Santa Monica from the north side hill, [s.d.]

Subject Beaches (lcsh), roadways (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Pacific Coast Highway (roadway), Pacific Palisades (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (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)

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-m19812

Identifier 11506 (accession number), CHS-11506 (call number), CHS-11506 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-19635 (legacy record id), chs-m19812 (legacy record id), 1-54- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 19635

Unique identifier UC121948

Legacy Identifier CHS-11506.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.3 in × 12.3 in at 300dpi
43.9 cm × 31.2 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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