California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Interior view of the Santa Ana Tin Mine, Orange County, March 20, 1903

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Interior view of the Santa Ana Tin Mine, Orange County, March 20, 1903

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Photograph of an interior view of the Santa Ana Tin Mine, Orange County, March 20, 1903. Three men stand at the station at the foot of a hoist. The owner of the mine was Gail Borden, III, Trabuco Canyon, south of Mojeska reservoir. A small mining car sits on the tracks running up the middle of the narrow tunnel. Metal containers sit at left and on the mining car.

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Title Interior view of the Santa Ana Tin Mine, Orange County, March 20, 1903

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1903-03-20

Subject mine sites (adlf), Mines and mineral resources (lcsh), Mining -- Orange County (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Orange (counties), Santa Ana (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1903-03-20

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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-m15347

Identifier 2222 (accession number), CHS-2222 (call number), CHS-2222 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-14178 (legacy record id), chs-m15347 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14172 (legacy record id), 1-111-46 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 14178

Unique identifier UC143636

Legacy Identifier CHS-2222.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.3 in × 14.4 in at 300dpi
46.5 cm × 36.6 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

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