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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Northward view of Broadway from Ninth Street with Christmas decorations and neon signs for stores, 1930-1931
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Northward view of Broadway from Ninth Street with Christmas decorations and neon signs for stores, 1930-1931
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Description
Photograph of a northward view of Broadway from Ninth Street with Christmas decorations and neon signs for stores, 1930-1931. The road runs from the foreground at right to the background at left. The road is divided by streetcar tracks and lined with parked automobiles. Tall buildings can be seen on both sides of the road, and lighted Christmas trees are visible on the sidewalks.; Legible signs include, from left: "The May Co.", "Adohr America's Finest Milk", "Palace", "Tower", "California Music Co.", and "Rialto Con. Nagel 2 Features".
Asset Metadata
Title
Northward view of Broadway from Ninth Street with Christmas decorations and neon signs for stores, 1930-1931
Subject
Adohr Milk
(subject),
Christmas decorations
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Streets -- Broadway -- 8th to 9th
(file heading),
Rialto Theater
(subject),
roadways
(adlf),
Southern California Music Company
(subject),
Stores, Retail
(lcsh),
The May Company
(subject),
Theaters
(lcsh),
Tower Theater
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Broadway
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1930/1931
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 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
1930/1931
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m145
Identifier
35324 (
accession number
), CHS-35324 (
call number
), CHS-35324 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-1836 (
legacy record id
), chs-m145 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-148 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
1836
Unique identifier
UC117449
Legacy Identifier
CHS-35324.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.6 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
47.3 cm × 33.7 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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