California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of the railroad in Santa Monica, looking north from Palisades Park, 1890-1900

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View of the railroad in Santa Monica, looking north from Palisades Park, 1890-1900

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Photograph of a view of the railroad in Santa Monica, looking north from Palisades Park, 1890-1900. The railroad is at the bottom of the cliffs at right and consists of two sets of tracks. A narrow dirt road runs parallel to the rails, and the beach is visible next to the road. Palisades Park is visible at left and center. A wooden fence runs along the top of the cliffs, and several palm trees can be seen on the opposite side of the fence. Two ramps lead down the cliffs at center. Tall mountains are visible in the distance.

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Title View of the railroad in Santa Monica, looking north from Palisades Park, 1890-1900

Subject Beaches (lcsh), cliffs (adlf), Parks (lcsh), Santa Monica -- General (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Santa Monica (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1890/1900

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 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 1890/1900

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-m6620

Identifier 14342 (accession number), CHS-14342 (call number), CHS-14342 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6688 (legacy record id), chs-m6620 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-6735 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6688

Unique identifier UC116781

Legacy Identifier CHS-14342.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.6 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
49.8 cm × 40.7 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

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