California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior view of the old Federal Building and Post Office, Temple Street and Main Street, ca.1912

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Exterior view of the old Federal Building and Post Office, Temple Street and Main Street, ca.1912

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Photograph of the exterior view of the old Federal Building and Post Office, Temple Street and Main Street, ca.1912. The five-story corner building has a facade facing diagonally across the intersection. Two lampposts flank the main entrance where above it stands a sculpture of an eagle. Above the first two floors and recessed into the building are two columns that flank three windows. The lowest window has an ornamental pediment above it. Similar architecture can be found around the building. Balustrades enclose the perimeter around the roof. A buggy and an early-model car are parked on the street in front of the building. There is a newsstand next to the right entrance. People are traversing the streets.; Legible signs include: "Franklin Printing Co.", "your home papers here", "drink Coca-[cola]", "[...]e cigar", "[...], Luna Park, free, Aug. 14, Nelson", "Pantages, 8 all star acts, [...]". Additional Information: Originally, the photograph was dated by 1908. Nevertheless, according to the LA Times from Sept. 24, 1910, Page III-4, the Federal Building and Post Office was preparing to begin moving tenants into the new structure at that time, whereas this photo shows that it was already open for business.

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Title Exterior view of the old Federal Building and Post Office, Temple Street and Main Street, ca.1912

Subject buildings (adlf), Federal Building (subject), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Public Buildings -- Federal buildings (file heading), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Public Buildings -- Post offices (file heading), Post Office (subject), Public buildings (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Temple Street & Main Street (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1912

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1912

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-m1878

Identifier 5626 (accession number), CHS-5626 (call number), CHS-5626 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2730 (legacy record id), chs-m1878 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-1930 (legacy record id), 1-6-16 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2730

Unique identifier UC117209

Legacy Identifier CHS-5626.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.9 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
43.0 cm × 34.4 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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