California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Cliff dwelling known as Montezuma's Castle, ca.1895

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Cliff dwelling known as Montezuma's Castle, ca.1895

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Photograph of a cliff dwelling known as Montezuma's Castle, ca.1895. The ruins, high up on the cliff wall, are visible in the distance at right. Scattered growths of trees and shrubs are spread about the small river in the canyon floor. The land around the river is covered with hundreds of small, round rocks. The rim of the canyon is visible at top.

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Title Cliff dwelling known as Montezuma's Castle, ca.1895

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1895

Subject Cliff Dwellers (file heading), Cliff-dwellers (lcsh), cliffs (lcsh), cliffs (adlf), Dwellings (lcsh), Indians of North America (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Arizona (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1895

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 21 cm., 17 x 21 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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)

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-m15514

Identifier 2585 (accession number), CHS-2585 (call number), CHS-2585 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-14775 (legacy record id), chs-m15514 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13506 (legacy record id), 1-165- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 14775

Unique identifier UC144186

Legacy Identifier CHS-2585.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.2 in × 9.4 in at 300dpi
38.6 cm × 23.9 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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