Automobile parked on a dirt road, showing mountains and the Owens Valley in the background, [s.d.]

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Photograph of an automobile parked on a dirt road, showing mountains and the Owens Valley in the background, [s.d.]. An automobile can be seen at center on a dirt road that runs from left to right. Flat land filled with shrubs and pine trees can be seen behind the road. The tree-filled land begins to slope upwards towards the background, while snow-covered mountains can be seen in the background. Rocks and shrubs are visible in the foreground, while a sign can be seen at right.

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Title Automobile parked on a dirt road, showing mountains and the Owens Valley in the background, [s.d.]

Subject Mountains (lcsh), Mountains (adlf), Natural features -- Mountains -- General -- Identified (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), 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)

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-m20830

Identifier 46340 (accession number), CHS-46340 (call number), CHS-46340 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24881 (legacy record id), chs-m20830 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14235 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24881

Unique identifier UC130943

Legacy Identifier CHS-46340.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.2 in × 15.9 in at 300dpi
51.4 cm × 40.5 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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