California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Birdseye view of Whittier, looking west from the high school, ca.1905

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Birdseye view of Whittier, looking west from the high school, ca.1905

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Photograph of a birdseye view of Whittier, looking west from the high school, ca.1905. In the foreground is a large tree, while on the other side of a small road is an orchard composed of neatly but densely planted trees; there are several utility poles sticking up from the trees. Behind the orchard in the center and right of the image are houses and trees, while on the left there is an open field. In the background is a low mountain range.

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Title Birdseye view of Whittier, looking west from the high school, ca.1905

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1905

Subject cities (adlf), Los Angeles County -- Whittier -- General views (file heading), Orchards (lcsh), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Whittier (city or populated place)

Temporal Subject 1905

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)

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-m6786

Identifier 10026 (accession number), CHS-10026 (call number), CHS-10026 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6846 (legacy record id), chs-m6786 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-6900 (legacy record id), 1-58-12 (microfiche number), 1-58-13 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6846

Unique identifier UC121169

Legacy Identifier CHS-10026.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.4 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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