California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Los Angeles and San Gabriel Railroad train on the bridge at Garvanza, the first trestle across the Arroyo Seco, approaching Highland Park from South Pasadena, ca.1885

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Los Angeles and San Gabriel Railroad train on the bridge at Garvanza, the first trestle across the Arroyo Seco, approaching Highland Park from South Pasadena, ca.1885

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Photograph of a Los Angeles and San Gabriel Railroad train on the bridge at Garvanza, the first trestle across the Arroyo Seco, approaching Highland Park from South Pasadena, ca.1885. The trestle, which was replaced later by the Santa Fe trestle, extends out from the forest, supporting a steam engine trailing two passenger cars behind it. Two men stand on the tracks at back, one with his hand on the last passenger car. Two more men stand to the side of the tracks in front of the engine. Mountains and trees are visible in the background behind the bridge.

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Title Los Angeles and San Gabriel Railroad train on the bridge at Garvanza, the first trestle across the Arroyo Seco, approaching Highland Park from South Pasadena, ca.1885

Subject Bridges (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Highland Park -- Arroyo Seco (file heading), Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad (subject), Railroads (lcsh), Transportation -- Railroads -- Southern California -- San Gabriel Railroad (file heading), transportation features (adlf), Trestles (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Garvanza (city or populated place), Highland Park (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Marmion Way (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1885

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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 1885

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (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-m2040

Identifier 6666 (accession number), CHS-6666 (call number), CHS-6666 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2979 (legacy record id), chs-m2040 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-12464 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-2100 (legacy record id), 1-119-35 (microfiche number), 1-30- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2979

Unique identifier UC117236

Legacy Identifier CHS-6666.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.8 in × 12.3 in at 300dpi
45.3 cm × 31.4 cm at 300dpi

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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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