A rowboat on Johnston Lake, Pasadena, 1888

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Photograph of three people (one holding an open parasol) in a rowboat on Johnston Lake, also known as Campbell-Johnston Lake or Wilson Lake near the Church of the Angels in Garvanza (later Highland Park), Pasadena, 1888. Trees, bullrushes and mountains in the background. Johnston Lake was later privately owned and surrounded by houses.

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Title A rowboat on Johnston Lake, Pasadena, 1888

Subject Boats and boating (lcsh), Highland Park & Garvanza -- Pasadena (subject), Lakes (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Highland Park -- General views #1 (file heading), Recreation -- Boating (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Garvanza (city or populated place), Highland Park (city or populated place), La Loma Road (roadway), Los Angeles (counties), Pasadena (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1888

Type images

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

Creator Friend, H. (photographer)

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-m1981

Identifier 2084 (accession number), CHS-2084 (call number), CHS-2084 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2698 (legacy record id), chs-m1981 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-2038 (legacy record id), 1-30- (microfiche number), 1-37-48 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2698

Unique identifier UC116821

Legacy Identifier CHS-2084.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.3 in × 14.2 in at 300dpi
46.5 cm × 36.1 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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