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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Sand dunes showing the west part of the valley near the Stove Pipe Wells, Death Valley, [s.d.]
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Sand dunes showing the west part of the valley near the Stove Pipe Wells, Death Valley, [s.d.]
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Description
Photograph of sand dunes showing the west part of the valley near the Stove Pipe Wells, Death Valley, [s.d.]. Sand dunes are visible from the foreground towards the background, while a large thorny mesquite tree can be seen at left. What appears to be a woman can be seen standing at right wearing a blouse, jacket, and pants. The snow-topped Panamint Mountains are visible in the background.
Asset Metadata
Title
Sand dunes showing the west part of the valley near the Stove Pipe Wells, Death Valley, [s.d.]
Subject
Deserts
(lcsh),
Deserts
(adlf),
Mountains
(lcsh),
Natural features -- Parks -- Death Valley
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
deserts: Death Valley
(geographic subject),
USA
(countries)
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 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)
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-m20812
Identifier
8256 (
accession number
), CHS-8256 (
call number
), CHS-8256 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-24851 (
legacy record id
), chs-m20812 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14249 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
24851
Unique identifier
UC131134
Legacy Identifier
CHS-8256.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.5 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
52.0 cm × 41.4 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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