California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of Red Rock Canyon (?) in winter, ca.1940

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View of Red Rock Canyon (?) in winter, ca.1940

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Photograph of a view of Red Rock Canyon (?) in winter, ca.1940. Snow-covered trees and other foliage can be seen across center. Behind the foliage, a shrub-filled mountain with steep rocky sides is visible. At least three peaks formed from eroded rock can be seen on top of the mountain, while snow-covered stones are visible in the foreground.

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Title View of Red Rock Canyon (?) in winter, ca.1940

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Mono (counties), Red Rock Canyon (geographic subject), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1940

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 26 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)

Date Created 1940

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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20816

Identifier 10190 (accession number), CHS-10190 (call number), CHS-10190 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24857 (legacy record id), chs-m20816 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14235 (legacy record id), 1-84-60 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24857

Unique identifier UC131020

Legacy Identifier CHS-10190.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.9 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
53.2 cm × 34.0 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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