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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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View of the Downey Block in Los Angeles at the site of the Post Office, shown from across the street, 1900
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View of the Downey Block in Los Angeles at the site of the Post Office, shown from across the street, 1900
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Description
Photograph of a view of the Downey Block in Los Angeles at the site of the Post Office, 1900. A long, two story building is at center and stretches across almost the entire image. The upper story is light-colored, while the bottom is darker. There are long lines of arched windows on both levels, although on the bottom level they are broken up by doorways. A large cloth awning projects from the building at left. There is a streetcar in the street in front of the building at right, and several pedestrians can be seen as well.; Legible signs include, from left to right: "Ming House", "Entire Stock at Auction This Building to be Torn Down Jan 1, 1900[...]U.S.P.O.", "Iron Beds Furniture J.N. Hoyston Mattresses", "[...]neral Aurthur", and "St. Elmo".
Asset Metadata
Title
View of the Downey Block in Los Angeles at the site of the Post Office, shown from across the street, 1900
Subject
buildings
(lcsh),
buildings
(adlf),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General -- Downey Block
(file heading),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General #2
(file heading),
Stores, Retail
(lcsh),
Street-railroads
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Spring Street & Main Street
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1900
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
photographs
(aat),
transparencies
(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
1900
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-m1046
Identifier
11426 (
accession number
), CHS-11426 (
call number
), CHS-11426 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-1929 (
legacy record id
), chs-m1046 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-1082 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-1083 (
legacy record id
), 1-9-135 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
1929
Unique identifier
UC117504
Legacy Identifier
CHS-11426.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.0 in × 12.8 in at 300dpi
45.7 cm × 32.6 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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