California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

On Bright Angel Trail on the way to the river, Grand Canyon, 1900-1940

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On Bright Angel Trail on the way to the river, Grand Canyon, 1900-1940

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Photograph of three men leading four horses down Bright Angel Trail to the river on the floor of the Grand Canyon. The narrow trail rounds a sharp switchback on the steep slope. The missing fourth man is probably the photographer.

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Title On Bright Angel Trail on the way to the river, Grand Canyon, 1900-1940

Subject canyons (lcsh), canyons (adlf), Natural features -- Parks -- Grand Canyon -- Campers, hikers, prospectors (file heading), Parks (lcsh), trails (lcsh), trails (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Arizona (states), canyons: Grand Canyon (geographic subject), trails: Bright Angel Trail (geographic subject), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900/1940

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 18 x 13 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 1900/1940

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-m15587

Identifier 2660 (accession number), CHS-2660 (call number), CHS-2660 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-14378 (legacy record id), chs-m15587 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14270 (legacy record id), 1-91-98 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 14378

Unique identifier UC143941

Legacy Identifier CHS-2660.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.0 in × 18.6 in at 300dpi
33.0 cm × 47.4 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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