California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior view of the Merchants National Bank, Sixth Street and Spring Street, October, 1920

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Exterior view of the Merchants National Bank, Sixth Street and Spring Street, October, 1920

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Photograph of the exterior view of the Merchants National Bank, northeast corner of Sixth Street and Spring Street, October ,1920. Four proto-ionic columns, each one situated between doors, provide support for the building. "Merchants National Bank" is engraved into the wall above the columns and just below the cornice. "[...]ed States depository" and the bank's name is painted on the windows above the entrances.

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Title Exterior view of the Merchants National Bank, Sixth Street and Spring Street, October, 1920

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1920-10

Subject Banks and banking (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Banks (file heading), Merchants National Bank (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1920-10

Type images

Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 26 x 21 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)

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-m1214

Identifier 5463 (accession number), CHS-5463 (call number), CHS-5463 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2092 (legacy record id), chs-m1214 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-1260 (legacy record id), 1-9-62 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2092

Unique identifier UC117861

Legacy Identifier CHS-5463.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.0 in × 18.9 in at 300dpi
38.2 cm × 48.0 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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