Exterior of the Washington School, corner of San Marino Avenue and Hermosa Drive, San Gabriel, ca.1888

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Title Exterior of the Washington School, corner of San Marino Avenue and Hermosa Drive, San Gabriel, ca.1888

Description Photograph of the exterior of the Washington School, corner of San Marino Avenue and Hermosa Drive, San Gabriel, ca.1888. The three-story stone and wood Victorian structure has a polygonally-shaped tower to the left of the main entry and a five-story square tower which rises to a point over the main entry. There are covered balconies in both towers and to the right of the main entry. About fifty students and teachers are standing (or sitting) scattered around the front of the schoolhouse. On small building is visible behind the school at right. A few wind-swept trees are visible on the horizon. Mountains rise in the distance at left. This is not the "First School at Alhambra".

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1888

Subject educational facilities (adlf), Elementary schools (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- San Gabriel -- General (file heading), Schools (lcsh), Washington School (subject)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), San Gabriel (city or populated place), San Marino Avenue & Hermosa Drive (roadways), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1888

Type images

Format 3 photographs : photonegative, glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 cm., 21 x 26 cm., 20 x 25 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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m6542

Identifier 2167 (accession number), CHS-2167 (call number), CHS-2167 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6623 (legacy record id), chs-m6542 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-6657 (legacy record id), 1-18-31 (microfiche number), 1-24- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6623

Unique identifier UC116809

Legacy Identifier CHS-2167.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 14.3 in at 300dpi
47.4 cm × 36.4 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

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