California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

First and second buildings of Presbyterian Church, viewed through a cypress hedge, Santa Monica, ca.1898

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First and second buildings of Presbyterian Church, viewed through a cypress hedge, Santa Monica, ca.1898

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Photograph of the first and second buildings of the Presbyterian Church, ca.1898, as viewed through a sculpted cypress hedge. Two people stand beneath the hedge. The bell tower of the newer building is right center while the steeple of the older building is at left.

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Title First and second buildings of Presbyterian Church, viewed through a cypress hedge, Santa Monica, ca.1898

Subject Botany -- Gardens -- Landscaping (file heading), Churches (lcsh), Landscape (lcsh), Landscape architecture (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Santa Monica -- Architecture -- General (file heading), religious facilities (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1898/1925

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 21 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 1898/1925

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-m2425

Identifier 2785 (accession number), CHS-2785 (call number), CHS-2785 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3347 (legacy record id), chs-m2425 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14227 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-2486 (legacy record id), 1-54- (microfiche number), 1-82-160 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3347

Unique identifier UC120655

Legacy Identifier CHS-2785.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.9 in × 14.3 in at 300dpi
48.0 cm × 36.4 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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