California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Courtyard patio at the residence of General Luis Torres, Hermosillo, Mexico, ca.1906

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Courtyard patio at the residence of General Luis Torres, Hermosillo, Mexico, ca.1906

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Photograph of the courtyard patio at the residence of General Luis E. Torres, Hermosillo, Mexico, ca.1906. A fountain in the center sports a sculpture of a bird. Numerous vases and pots in which plants grow are placed about the mostly paved courtyard. The surrounding patio is visible through tall arches.

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Title Courtyard patio at the residence of General Luis Torres, Hermosillo, Mexico, ca.1906

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1906

Subject Architecture, Domestic (lcsh), Dwellings (lcsh), Fountains (lcsh), Gardens (lcsh), Mexico -- Architecture, Domestic (file heading), residential sites (adlf), Torres, Luis (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Hermosillo (city or populated place), Mexico (countries)

Temporal Subject 1906

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 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-m15079

Identifier 1528 (accession number), CHS-1528 (call number), CHS-1528 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13840 (legacy record id), chs-m15079 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14130 (legacy record id), 1-224- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13840

Unique identifier UC143493

Legacy Identifier CHS-1528.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.8 in × 13.0 in at 300dpi
42.6 cm × 33.1 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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