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California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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West Olympic Boulevard looking west from South Flower Street before its realignment at South Figueroa, [s.d.]
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West Olympic Boulevard looking west from South Flower Street before its realignment at South Figueroa, [s.d.]
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Description
Photograph of West Olympic Boulevard looking west from South Flower Street before its realignment at South Figueroa, [s.d.]. In the extreme foreground, a wide street can be seen extending from left to right. A manhole cover can be seen at right. At center, another road can be seen intersecting the street in the foreground. In the background at left, the Baker Apartment Hotel can be seen at 845 W Olympic Boulevard along with a line of cars parked along a sidewalk. Two man wearing suits and hats stand on the sidewalk near a utility pole. Further to the left, the Petroleum Building is visible. At right, in the middle, the Jos Kreutzer Auto Repair can be seen (951 S Flower Street) along with the Belmont Apartments at 948 South Figueroa Street. To the far right, additional buildings are visible with a line of cars nearby. The Security-First National Bank is to the right.
Asset Metadata
Title
West Olympic Boulevard looking west from South Flower Street before its realignment at South Figueroa, [s.d.]
Subject
Banks and banking
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Streets -- Figueroa
(file heading),
roadways
(adlf),
Streets
(lcsh),
West Olympic Boulevard
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries),
West Olympic Boulevard
(roadway)
Temporal Subject
1939
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 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
1939
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-m233
Identifier
42107 (
accession number
), CHS-42107 (
call number
), CHS-42107 (
filename
), isla id: S-4706 (
identifying number
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-2879 (
legacy record id
), chs-m233 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-233 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
2879
Unique identifier
UC117186
Legacy Identifier
CHS-42107.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.1 in × 12.7 in at 300dpi
46.1 cm × 32.5 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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