California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of Eagle Rock (La Piedra Gorda "Fat Rock"), ca.1908

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View of Eagle Rock (La Piedra Gorda "Fat Rock"), ca.1908

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Photograph of a view of Eagle Rock (La Piedra Gorda "Fat Rock"), ca.1908. The large dome-shaped rock has a dark spot on the side that resembles an eagle with its wings stretched out. People are sitting or standing at the top of the rock. Trees and bushes cover the area in the foreground.; "Eagle Rock, a massive sandstone 150 feet tall and 553 feet in circumference at the base, sits along side the Ventura Freeway. Its primary feature is what appears to be an eagle - its wings stretched out and with beak pointing out. The time of day and amount of sunlight seem to have a major effect on what one is able to see. The Indians are believed to have used the rock as a fortress, spying on the settlers below. The Spanish settler called the rock "Piedra Gorda" ("fat rock"), but by the 1880s the present name was in use. In 1874 the bandit Tiburcio Vasquez hid out in one of the two caves in the rock. Eagle Rock was incorporated in 1911 but was annexed by the city of Los Angeles in 1923 because of inadequate water supplies." -- unknown author.

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Title View of Eagle Rock (La Piedra Gorda "Fat Rock"), ca.1908

Subject Los Angeles -- Eagle Rock (file heading), natural rock formations (adlf), Rocks (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Eagle Rock (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1908

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w (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 1908

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

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-m3018

Identifier 6038 (accession number), CHS-6038 (call number), CHS-6038 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4003 (legacy record id), chs-m3018 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-3090 (legacy record id), 1-28-10 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4003

Unique identifier UC117840

Legacy Identifier CHS-6038.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.8 in × 19.6 in at 300dpi
40.3 cm × 49.9 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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