California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Panoramic view of Bunker Hill (downtown Los Angeles) showing Hill Street between 2nd Street and 3rd Street west from City Hall Tower, ca.1890-1900

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Panoramic view of Bunker Hill (downtown Los Angeles) showing Hill Street between 2nd Street and 3rd Street west from City Hall Tower, ca.1890-1900

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Photograph of a panoramic view of Bunker Hill (downtown Los Angeles) showing Hill Street between 2nd Street and 3rd Street west from City Hall Tower, ca.1890-1900. The buildings are almost entirely residential with the exception of the church as seen from the rear at left. A road cuts across the foreground, while homes can be seen throughout and on the hill on the far side of the road. Most of the homes are two-stories tall or taller. Trees are interspersed amongst the buildings.

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Title Panoramic view of Bunker Hill (downtown Los Angeles) showing Hill Street between 2nd Street and 3rd Street west from City Hall Tower, ca.1890-1900

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

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1890/1900

Subject Architecture, Domestic (lcsh), Churches (lcsh), cities (adlf), Dwellings (lcsh), Hill Street (subject), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Hill Street -- 2nd to 3rd (file heading), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 2nd Street (roadway), 3rd Street (roadway), Bunker Hill (city or populated place), California (states), Hill Street (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1890/1900

Type images

Format 3 photographs : photonegative, glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 cm., 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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)

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-m269

Identifier 2090 (accession number), CHS-2090 (call number), CHS-2090 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2911 (legacy record id), chs-m269 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-268 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-80 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2911

Unique identifier UC117193

Legacy Identifier CHS-2090.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.6 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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