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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Parked automobile on Sunset Boulevard looking west toward Beaudry Avenue, ca.1920-1950
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Parked automobile on Sunset Boulevard looking west toward Beaudry Avenue, ca.1920-1950
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Description
Photograph of a parked automobile on Sunset Boulevard looking west toward Beaudry Avenue, ca.1920-1950. At center, an automobile is pictured parked at the curb, facing the viewer. At right, a street car is visible, along with a blurry, second automobile. At left, store fronts line the sidewalk. Legible signs from left to right include: "Ruth" and "Drugs".
Asset Metadata
Title
Parked automobile on Sunset Boulevard looking west toward Beaudry Avenue, ca.1920-1950
Subject
Automobiles
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Streets -- Sunset Boulevard
(file heading),
roadways
(adlf),
Streets
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Sunset Boulevard & Beaudry Avenue
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1920/1950
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 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
1920/1950
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-m329
Identifier
42179 (
accession number
), CHS-42179 (
call number
), CHS-42179 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-3921 (
legacy record id
), chs-m329 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-327 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
3921
Unique identifier
UC117909
Legacy Identifier
CHS-42179.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
13.5 in × 19.0 in at 300dpi
34.5 cm × 48.4 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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