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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Figueroa Street south from California before construction, January 1939
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Figueroa Street south from California before construction, January 1939
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Description
Photograph of Figueroa Street south from California before construction, January 1939. In the extreme foreground at center, large cracks can be seen in the paved street. The street continues into the background, where several single and double lines mark the road. Several automobiles can be seen on the road, and a man is also visible running in the right lane. On the left side of the road, large signs are visible, including one which reads: "Rooms...Apartments". On the right side of the road, several automobiles can be seen parked near large, rectangular buildings. Utility poles can be seen on both sides of the street. Additional buildings can be seen in the background at left.
Asset Metadata
Title
Figueroa Street south from California before construction, January 1939
Subject
Los Angeles -- Streets -- Figueroa
(file heading),
roadways
(adlf),
Streets
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
California Street
(roadway),
Figueroa Street
(roadway),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1939-01-20
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 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
1939-01-20
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-m227
Identifier
42101 (
accession number
), CHS-42101 (
call number
), CHS-42101 (
filename
), isla id: S-4698 (
identifying number
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-2873 (
legacy record id
), chs-m227 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-227 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
), F-6710 (
unidentified no.
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
2873
Unique identifier
UC117152
Legacy Identifier
CHS-42101.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.5 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
47.2 cm × 33.4 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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