California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Colorado River in the Grand Canyon looking east from the foot of Bright Angel Trail

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Colorado River in the Grand Canyon looking east from the foot of Bright Angel Trail

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Photograph of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon looking east from the foot of Bright Angel Trail. Beyond a rough narrow beach steep rocky slopes hem the river in. Part of the Canyon's rim is visible in the distance.

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Title Colorado River in the Grand Canyon looking east from the foot of Bright Angel Trail

Subject canyons (lcsh), Natural features -- Parks -- Grand Canyon -- Colorado River -- Bright Angel Trail, Plateau (file heading), Parks (lcsh), rivers (lcsh), rivers (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Arizona (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900/1930

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 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)

Date Created 1900/1930

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-m15581

Identifier 2653 (accession number), CHS-2653 (call number), CHS-2653 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-14373 (legacy record id), chs-m15581 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14259 (legacy record id), 1-91-96 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 14373

Unique identifier UC143930

Legacy Identifier CHS-2653.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.4 in × 13.8 in at 300dpi
46.8 cm × 35.0 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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