California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of Valley Boulevard near the Southern Pacif Railroad crossing before improvement, ca.1930/1960

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View of Valley Boulevard near the Southern Pacif Railroad crossing before improvement, ca.1930/1960

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Photograph of a view of Valley Boulevard near the Southern Pacif Railroad crossing before improvement, ca.1930/1960. Four automobiles can be seen traversing the narrow paved road at center, which intersects a set of railroad tracks towards the middle of the image. At left, a sign reads "Welcome to Golden State L.A. Tourist Court". Compares with USC-0-1-1-349 taken after the improvement.

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Title View of Valley Boulevard near the Southern Pacif Railroad crossing before improvement, ca.1930/1960

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Valley Boulevard (file heading), Railroads -- Crossings (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Streets -- Maintenance and repair (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Valley Boulevard (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1930/1960

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), 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 1930/1960

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m352

Identifier 44008 (accession number), CHS-44008 (call number), CHS-44008 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3943 (legacy record id), chs-m352 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-350 (legacy record id), USC (project), 2621 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3943

Unique identifier UC117936

Legacy Identifier CHS-44008.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
47.2 cm × 33.8 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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