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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Aerial view of downtown Los Angeles looking southwest from Sixth Street and Los Angeles Street on November 14, 1924
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Aerial view of downtown Los Angeles looking southwest from Sixth Street and Los Angeles Street on November 14, 1924
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Description
Photograph of an aerial view of downtown Los Angeles looking southwest from Sixth Street and Los Angeles Street on November 14, 1924. A large expanse of smaller city buildings are visible in the distance, while in the foreground, a mass of high rise buildings is collected at center. A section of highway can also be seen cutting towards a building to the right of center from the lower left edge of the image. Compares to CHS-12983 which shows the same scene centered slightly lower.
Asset Metadata
Title
Aerial view of downtown Los Angeles looking southwest from Sixth Street and Los Angeles Street on November 14, 1924
Subject
cities
(adlf),
Los Angeles -- General views -- Aerial (1920)
(file heading),
Views
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Los Angeles Street and 6th Street
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1924-11-14
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
1924-11-14
Creator
Spence Air Photo
(photographer)
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
Send requests to address or e-mail given
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2722
Identifier
12984 (
accession number
), CHS-12984 (
call number
), CHS-12984 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-3622 (
legacy record id
), chs-m2722 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-2786 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-2795 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
3622
Unique identifier
UC120605
Legacy Identifier
CHS-12984.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.9 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
50.6 cm × 40.6 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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