California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Pacific Coast Highway near the former site of Arch Rock, ca.1915

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Pacific Coast Highway near the former site of Arch Rock, ca.1915

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Photograph of Pacific Coast Highway near the former site of Arch Rock, ca.1915. The point from which Arch Rock jutted into the water is in the foreground at center. The large rock formation has been removed to create room for the highway, which winds its way along the coast. There are four early-model automobiles driving along the road at right. More of the coastline is visible in the distance, and the steep cliffs and hills that border the water are covered with low bushes and other plants. Thomas Ince's studio can be seen at the end of the second point. The Mile long pier can bee seen to the left.

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Title Pacific Coast Highway near the former site of Arch Rock, ca.1915

Subject Beaches (adlf), Beaches (lcsh), Los Angeles City -- Pacific Palisades -- Castle Rock -- Architecture Rock (file heading), Roads (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Pacific Coast Highway (roadway), Pacific Palisades (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1915

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegatives, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), 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 1915

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-m1986

Identifier 14014 (accession number), CHS-14014 (call number), CHS-14014 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2832 (legacy record id), chs-m1986 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-2044 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2832

Unique identifier UC116786

Legacy Identifier CHS-14014.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.7 in × 15.8 in at 300dpi
50.0 cm × 40.2 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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