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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Mining equipment along a sheer cliff face, ca.1905
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Mining equipment along a sheer cliff face, ca.1905
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Description
Photograph of mining equipment along a sheer cliff face, ca.1905. At center is a large piece of mining equipment encircled by what appear to be clouds of dust. At the bottom left is a group of people visible from behind walking along a track. Steep rocky cliff walls are visible around the people and mining equipment, while a second piece of equipment is visible on top of the cliff. Hills are visible in the background.
Asset Metadata
Title
Mining equipment along a sheer cliff face, ca.1905
Subject
mine sites
(adlf),
Mines and mineral resources
(lcsh),
Mining -- General
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1907
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 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
1907
Creator
Rieder, M. (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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20671
Identifier
46197 (
accession number
), CHS-46197 (
call number
), CHS-46197 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-24643 (
legacy record id
), chs-m20671 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14107 (
legacy record id
), 1-112-261 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
24643
Unique identifier
UC130403
Legacy Identifier
CHS-46197.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
13.9 in × 19.2 in at 300dpi
35.3 cm × 48.7 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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