California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Colorado River in flood time from Grand View Plateau, Bright Angel, ca.1900-1903

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Colorado River in flood time from Grand View Plateau, Bright Angel, ca.1900-1903

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Photograph looking obliquely down at the Colorado River in flood time from Grand View Plateau, Bright Angel, high above, as it rushes through the Grand Canyon, ca.1900-1903.

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Title Colorado River in flood time from Grand View Plateau, Bright Angel, ca.1900-1903

Subject canyons (lcsh), canyons (adlf), Parks (lcsh), Parks -- Grand Canyon -- Colorado River -- General (file heading), rivers (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Arizona (states), canyons: Grand Canyon (geographic subject), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900/1903

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 21 cm., 20 x 25 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 1900/1903

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-m15477

Identifier 2533 (accession number), CHS-2533 (call number), CHS-2533 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-14290 (legacy record id), chs-m15477 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14257 (legacy record id), 1-91-45 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 14290

Unique identifier UC144137

Legacy Identifier CHS-2533.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.2 in × 12.6 in at 300dpi
41.1 cm × 32.0 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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