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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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People at the top of Eagle Rock, shown from a distance, 1908
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People at the top of Eagle Rock, shown from a distance, 1908
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Description
Photograph of people at the top of Eagle Rock, shown from a distance, 1908. At center, the large dome of the rock can be seen, a crevice on its face resembling either the profile of an eagle head, or casting a shadow that resembles a bird in flight. At top, approximately seven figures can be seen. In the foreground, brush and tree trunks can be seen.
Asset Metadata
Title
People at the top of Eagle Rock, shown from a distance, 1908
Subject
Los Angeles -- Eagle Rock
(file heading),
natural rock formations
(adlf),
Rocks
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Eagle Rock
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1908
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 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
1908
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3017
Identifier
41464 (
accession number
), CHS-41464 (
call number
), CHS-41464 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-4002 (
legacy record id
), chs-m3017 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-3089 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
4002
Unique identifier
UC117655
Legacy Identifier
CHS-41464.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.2 in × 19.0 in at 300dpi
51.4 cm × 48.2 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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