California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Exterior view of the Wilcox Building on the southeast corner of Spring Street and 2nd Street, ca.1905

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Exterior view of the Wilcox Building on the southeast corner of Spring Street and 2nd Street, ca.1905

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Photograph of the exterior view of the Wilcox Building on the southeast corner of Spring Street and 2nd Street, ca.1905. The building stands about five-stories tall. The roof has cement rails and a flagpole. There are two visible balconies, one on the corner (center), and one on the right side of the building above the large arched entrance. The street is bustling with pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Horse drawn carriages and streetcars can be seen on the streets. Saint Vibiana's Cathedral can be seen at left.; Legible signs include: "the El[...], Sig[...], rooms", "J.F. McEl[...], printer[s]", "First National Bank", "California railway", "Santa Fe", "Freight and Ticket Office", "200", "Vernon", "Equitable Life Assurance Society", "Fred A. Hines, A.P. Chipron, general agent, Douglas E. Poole, cashier", "Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., incorporated by the state of New York, district office", "W.I. Hollingsworth & Co.", "real estate loans", "John T. Griffith Company", "real estate insurance, rentals, loans", "Dr. Cowles, chief medical examiner", "Germa[n] Bu[ilding]", "Union [...]efining", "Douglas, Lacey & Co.", "law offices of R. Wilson", "Doctor Solomon, eyes, ears, nose, and throat", "808, H. Jevne Co.".

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Title Exterior view of the Wilcox Building on the southeast corner of Spring Street and 2nd Street, ca.1905

Subject buildings (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General -- Wilcox Building (file heading), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General #2 (file heading), Wilcox Building (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Spring Street & 2nd Street (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1905

Type images

Format 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), negatives (photographic) (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 1905

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-m1101

Identifier 5129 (accession number), CHS-5129 (call number), CHS-5129 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-1981 (legacy record id), chs-m1101 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-1137 (legacy record id), 1-9-52 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 1981

Unique identifier UC117500

Legacy Identifier CHS-5129.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.6 cm at 300dpi

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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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