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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Figueroa Street north from Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1924
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Figueroa Street north from Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1924
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Description
Photograph (streetscape, horizontal photography) of Figueroa Street with shops and a lot of traffic, 1 November 1924. In the middle of the intersection there is construction work being done, possibly for a traffic signal. Legible signs include: "Gilbert Prince, Reed and [...] furniture, direct from factory", "Gilbert Prince, manufacturer of Reed Furniture", "P.J. Bachmann, [...]", "Dr. Osterheld, dentist", "E.I. Movi[...]t", "The Noble Co., locomotive equipment supplies", "The Noble Co., Presto-lite batter service".
Asset Metadata
Title
Figueroa Street north from Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1924
Subject
Los Angeles -- Streets -- Figueroa
(file heading),
Retail trade
(lcsh),
roadways
(adlf),
Streets
(lcsh),
Traffic signs and signals
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Figueroa Street
(roadway),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries),
Washington Street
(roadway)
Temporal Subject
1924-11-01
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(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
1924-11-01
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-m206
Identifier
9025 (
accession number
), CHS-9025 (
call number
), CHS-9025 (
filename
), isla id: S-4685 (
identifying number
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-2852 (
legacy record id
), chs-m206 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-206 (
legacy record id
), 1-3-43 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
2852
Unique identifier
UC117034
Legacy Identifier
CHS-9025.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.0 in × 15.8 in at 300dpi
50.8 cm × 40.2 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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