California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Two men in rain coats standing on the bases of Redwood trees in Henry Cowell Park, ca.1900

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Two men in rain coats standing on the bases of Redwood trees in Henry Cowell Park, ca.1900

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Photograph of two men in rain coats standing on the bases of Redwood trees in Henry Cowell Park, ca.1900. Multiple tree branches extend from the same Redwood tree base at center. A man wearing a long jacket, hat, and bowtie can be seen standing on top of the base to the left of center, while a second man can be seen standing in front of the base at center. Smaller trees, leaves, and foliage can be seen in the background, while dirt is visible in the foreground.

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Title Two men in rain coats standing on the bases of Redwood trees in Henry Cowell Park, ca.1900

Subject Henry Cowell Park (subject), Natural features -- Parks -- Henry Cowell Park (file heading), Parks (lcsh), Parks (adlf), Redwood (lcsh), Trees (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Santa Cruz (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

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)

Date Created 1900

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-m20928

Identifier 11779 (accession number), CHS-11779 (call number), CHS-11779 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25011 (legacy record id), chs-m20928 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14248 (legacy record id), 1-73-46 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25011

Unique identifier UC130942

Legacy Identifier CHS-11779.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.9 in × 20.4 in at 300dpi
40.5 cm × 51.9 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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