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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Panoramic view of Los Angeles from the Westminster Hotel, ca.1885-1890
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Panoramic view of Los Angeles from the Westminster Hotel, ca.1885-1890

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Photograph of a panoramic view of Los Angeles from the Westminister Hotel showing mostly residences, ca.1885-1890. Residential buildings can be seen in this view looking west on Fourth Street on Main Street. At least three pine trees can be seen in the foreground, obscuring some of the two- to three-story residential buildings that are visible throughout. A road can be seen at left that runs to the center background up a small incline. The Herman Hellman residence can be seen on the corner. Legible signs include:"[...] lay grain and feed". 
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Title Panoramic view of Los Angeles from the Westminster Hotel, ca.1885-1890 
Creator Friend, H. (photographer) 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1885/1890 
Subject Los Angeles -- General views (1880)  (file heading), Main Street  (subject), Residences (Herman Hellman)  (subject), residential sites  (adlf), Views  (lcsh) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place 4th Street & Main Street (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries) 
Temporal Subject 1885/1890 
Type images
Format 3 photographs : photonegatives, photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm., 20 x 25 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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) 
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-m2538 
Identifier 2086 (accession number), CHS-2086 (call number), CHS-2086 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3452 (legacy record id), chs-m2538 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-2600 (legacy record id), 1-6-71 (microfiche number), USC (project) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 3452 
Unique identifier UC120595 
Legacy Identifier CHS-2086.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 20.0 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
51.0 cm × 41.0 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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