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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Unidentified oil derrick next to a dilapidated pump house, [s.d.]
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Unidentified oil derrick next to a dilapidated pump house, [s.d.]
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Description
Photograph of an unidentified oil derrick next to an unfinished building, [s.d.]. The tall wooden tower of the derrick stands just to the left of center, a small cupola at its peak. To the right, a barn-shaped wooden frame can be seen, partly jacketed in wooden planks. In the distance to the left, a small shed can also be seen.
Asset Metadata
Title
Unidentified oil derrick next to a dilapidated pump house, [s.d.]
Subject
Industry -- Oil -- General
(file heading),
oil fields
(adlf),
Petroleum industry and trade
(lcsh),
Petroleum refineries
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1930
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
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
1930
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12282
Identifier
12650 (
accession number
), CHS-12650 (
call number
), CHS-12650 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-11857 (
legacy record id
), chs-m12282 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-12435 (
legacy record id
), 1-115-43 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
11857
Unique identifier
UC130649
Legacy Identifier
CHS-12650.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
12.6 in × 18.9 in at 300dpi
32.1 cm × 48.2 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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