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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Bryson Block on the corner of Second Street and Spring Street, Los Angeles, 1905
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Bryson Block on the corner of Second Street and Spring Street, Los Angeles, 1905
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Description
Photograph of the Bryson Block on the corner of Second Street and Spring Street, Los Angeles, 1905. The eight-story building towers above the streets and other buildings nearby. The first two floors are constructed of stone masonry, while the top two floors are constructed of brick. The building has a circular, tower-like corner. A street banner announces, "Pasadena floral parade and chariot races, first prize $1000.00." The street is busy with pedestrian, bicycle, horse-drawn carriage, early model car and streetcar traffic.; Legible signs include: "Los Angeles Brewing Co., extra pale, on draught", "Joe Poheim the tailor", "expert watch repairing", "Alfred Benjamin's correct clothing", "James S[...] executive cloth[...]", "state bank", "Doctors Rogers and McCoy, nose and throat", "Dr. Cordin", "dentist", "Milton K. Young, law office", "Bryson Block", "T.P. Dyer, lawyer, collections", "law office, Will A. Harris".
Asset Metadata
Title
Bryson Block on the corner of Second Street and Spring Street, Los Angeles, 1905
Subject
Bryson Block
(subject),
buildings
(lcsh),
buildings
(adlf),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General -- Bryson Block
(file heading),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General #2
(file heading),
Signs and signboards
(lcsh)
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
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm., 20 x 25 cm.
(aacr2),
glass plate negatives
(format),
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1038
Identifier
5289 (
accession number
), CHS-5289 (
call number
), CHS-5289 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-1923 (
legacy record id
), chs-m1038 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-1074 (
legacy record id
), 1-9-58 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
1923
Unique identifier
UC117517
Legacy Identifier
CHS-5289.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
13.5 in × 16.9 in at 300dpi
34.2 cm × 43.1 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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