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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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View of Washington Boulevard looking west its intersection with Vermont Avenue, ca.1920-1930
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View of Washington Boulevard looking west its intersection with Vermont Avenue, ca.1920-1930
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Description
Photograph of a view of Washington Boulevard looking west its intersection with Vermont Avenue, ca.1920-1930. At center, a streetcar and automobiles make their way down Washington towards the viewer. To the left, more automobiles can be seen parked, behind them pedestrians moving across the street from left to right.; Legible signs from left to right include: "California Bank", "West Coast Theater", and "Bennett Drugs".
Asset Metadata
Title
View of Washington Boulevard looking west its intersection with Vermont Avenue, ca.1920-1930
Subject
Automobiles
(lcsh),
Banks and banking
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Streets -- Washington #2
(file heading),
roadways
(adlf),
Stores, Retail
(lcsh),
Street-railroads
(lcsh),
Streets
(lcsh),
Theaters
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Bennett Drugs
(manmade features),
Boulevard Theater
(manmade features),
California
(states),
California Bank
(manmade features),
Koreatown
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries),
Washington Boulevard & Vermont Avenue
(roadway)
Temporal Subject
1920/1930
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
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
1920/1930
Contributor
Owen, Tom
(contributor)
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-m365
Identifier
42197 (
accession number
), CHS-42197 (
call number
), CHS-42197 (
filename
), isla id: S-4743 (
identifying number
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-3956 (
legacy record id
), chs-m365 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-363 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
3956
Unique identifier
UC117821
Legacy Identifier
CHS-42197.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.0 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
51.0 cm × 41.0 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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