Panoramic view of downtown Los Angeles looking north from the courthouse, 1898

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Title Panoramic view of downtown Los Angeles looking north from the courthouse, 1898

Description Photograph of panoramic view of downtown Los Angeles looking north from the courthouse, 1898. In the foreground at center, a large four-story brick building with rounded corners can be seen. Various residential buildings predominate. A four-story building with a large external clock (10:20) tower can be seen at right. Mountains visible in the distance. Legible signs include: "Hotel Aberdeen".

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1898

Subject Los Angeles -- General views (1890) (file heading), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Broadway -- Temple to 1st (file heading), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), North Broadway (roadways), Temple Street (roadways), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1898

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)

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-m46

Identifier 1104 (accession number), CHS-1104 (call number), CHS-1104 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-1738 (legacy record id), chs-m46 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-49 (legacy record id), 1-2-177 (microfiche number), 1-2-178 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 1738

Unique identifier UC117169

Legacy Identifier CHS-1104.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.5 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
44.6 cm × 34.5 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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