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Miss Heron and Miss Clark in one of the first automobiles used in La Fiesta parade, Los Angeles, ca.1901-1907
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Miss Heron and Miss Clark in one of the first automobiles used in La Fiesta parade, Los Angeles, ca.1901-1907
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Description
Photograph of Miss Heron and Miss Clark, both dressed in white, in one of the first automobiles used in La Fiesta parade, Los Angeles, ca.1901-1907. The entire vehicle, wheels included, is covered in flowers. A fanciful armiture holding dove replicas "flies" ahead of the float. The car is sitting next to the curb in front of a wooden building. About about 8 people are in the background looking on. This float won first prize. A small placard attached to the rear of the car reads "Class M, number 2".
Asset Metadata
Title
Miss Heron and Miss Clark in one of the first automobiles used in La Fiesta parade, Los Angeles, ca.1901-1907
Subject
Automobile Club
(subject),
Automobiles
(lcsh),
Clubs
(lcsh),
Parades
(lcsh),
Parades and festivals
(subject),
performance sites
(adlf),
Transportation -- Automobiles -- General
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Sunset Boulevard
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1901/1907
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.
(aacr2),
glass plate negatives
(format),
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
1901/1907
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15250
Identifier
1904 (
accession number
), CHS-1904 (
call number
), CHS-1904 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-14092 (
legacy record id
), chs-m15250 (
legacy record id
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
14092
Unique identifier
UC143597
Legacy Identifier
CHS-1904.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.0 in × 14.6 in at 300dpi
48.3 cm × 37.1 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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