California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of Temple Street looking west from Edgeware Road after paving to new lines and new grade, ca.1930-1960

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View of Temple Street looking west from Edgeware Road after paving to new lines and new grade, ca.1930-1960

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Photograph of a view of Temple Street looking west from Edgeware Road after paving to new lines and new grade, ca.1930-1960. At center, a wide, paved road extends into the distance. Two lighter stripes of macadam run through the center, flanked by what appear to be streetcar tracks. Homes and businesses line the street to either side. Automobiles can be seen parked along either curb.

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Title View of Temple Street looking west from Edgeware Road after paving to new lines and new grade, ca.1930-1960

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Temple Street (file heading), roadways (adlf), Streets -- Maintenance and repair (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Temple Street & Edgeware Road (roadway), USA (countries)

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

Creator Los Angeles Department of Public Works (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-m342

Identifier 44003 (accession number), CHS-44003 (call number), CHS-44003 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3933 (legacy record id), chs-m342 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-340 (legacy record id), USC (project), 1849 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3933

Unique identifier UC117940

Legacy Identifier CHS-44003.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.4 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
46.8 cm × 33.9 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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