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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Exterior of the Washington School, corner of San Marino Avenue and Hermosa Drive, San Gabriel, ca.1888
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Exterior of the Washington School, corner of San Marino Avenue and Hermosa Drive, San Gabriel, ca.1888
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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".
Asset Metadata
Title
Exterior of the Washington School, corner of San Marino Avenue and Hermosa Drive, San Gabriel, ca.1888
Subject
educational facilities
(adlf),
Elementary schools
(lcsh),
Los Angeles County -- San Gabriel -- General
(file heading),
Schools
(lcsh),
Washington School
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
San Gabriel
(city or populated place),
San Marino Avenue & Hermosa Drive
(roadway),
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)
Date Created
1888
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-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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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