California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

The Colis P. Huntington, a Southern Pacific Railroad locomotive, [s.d.]

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The Colis P. Huntington, a Southern Pacific Railroad locomotive, [s.d.]

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Photograph of the Colis P. Huntington, a Southern Pacific Railroad locomotive, 1875. The steam engine is at center and is facing the right. It has a large flared smokestack at right, and the engineer's cab is at left. There is a single, large, piston driven wheel at center with tow smaller wheels at right and two more at left. A triangular cow catcher is affixed to the front of the locomotive. There is a man in a vaquero costume standing on palm fronds by the entrance to the engine. A white adobe building with an American flag in front is in the background at right.

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Title The Colis P. Huntington, a Southern Pacific Railroad locomotive, [s.d.]

Subject Colis P. Huntington (Locomotive) (corporate name), Locomotives (lcsh), railroad features (adlf), Railroads (lcsh), Southern Pacific Railroad (corporate name), Transportation -- Railroads -- Southern California -- Southern Pacific -- Engines (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), 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)

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

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12353

Identifier 11288 (accession number), CHS-11288 (call number), CHS-11288 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11895 (legacy record id), chs-m12353 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-12508 (legacy record id), 1-119-60 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11895

Unique identifier UC130714

Legacy Identifier CHS-11288.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.7 in × 10.1 in at 300dpi
39.9 cm × 25.8 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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