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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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North Figueroa, showing center of the street extending into the background, November 1942
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North Figueroa, showing center of the street extending into the background, November 1942
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Description
Photograph of North Figueroa, showing center of the street extending into the background, November 1942. At center, a double line can be seen running along the center of the paved road into the extreme background. Two separate lanes running in each direction can be seen on either side of the double lines. In the lane at left, the words "Slow Signal Ahead" has been painted on the road. At center, an automobile can be seen. Additional automobiles are visible in the background and along the curb at right. To the far left, a line of buildings are visible. In the extreme background, rows of palm trees can be seen on either side of the street. Previous version of record states: "5237 N. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, Gift: Foster & Kleiser, 11/78".
Asset Metadata
Title
North Figueroa, showing center of the street extending into the background, November 1942
Subject
Los Angeles -- Streets -- Figueroa
(file heading),
roadways
(adlf),
Streets
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
5237 Figueroa Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1942-11-12
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
1942-11-12
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-m237
Identifier
42110 (
accession number
), CHS-42110 (
call number
), CHS-42110 (
filename
), isla id: S-4694 (
identifying number
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-2883 (
legacy record id
), chs-m237 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-237 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
2883
Unique identifier
UC117255
Legacy Identifier
CHS-42110.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.0 in × 10.5 in at 300dpi
45.9 cm × 26.7 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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