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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Two locomotives for the San Pedro and Los Angeles Railroad, 1872
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Two locomotives for the San Pedro and Los Angeles Railroad, 1872
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Description
Photograph of two locomotives for the San Pedro and Los Angeles Railroad, 1872. Both locomotive engines, which stand in front of their housing at the center of the photograph, are new at the time of photo. Four railway man stand at their rear while one has positioned himself at the front of the leading engine. Both engines sport fluted stacks, and cow catcher grills in front, as well as coal trains behind.
Asset Metadata
Title
Two locomotives for the San Pedro and Los Angeles Railroad, 1872
Subject
Locomotives
(lcsh),
Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad
(subject),
railroad features
(adlf),
Railroads
(lcsh),
Transportation -- Railroads -- Southern California -- Los Angeles County
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1872
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 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
1872
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-m12320
Identifier
6336 (
accession number
), CHS-6336 (
call number
), CHS-6336 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-11760 (
legacy record id
), chs-m12320 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-12474 (
legacy record id
), 1-119-27 (
microfiche number
), 1-50-80 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
11760
Unique identifier
UC131316
Legacy Identifier
CHS-6336.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.7 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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