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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Aerial view of Alhambra, December 20, 1940
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Aerial view of Alhambra, December 20, 1940
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Description
Photograph of an aerial view of Alhambra, December 20, 1940. Hilly terrain marked by winding roads is visible in the foreground. In view are Easteran Avenue, Alhambra Avenue, Valley Boulevard. The Title Insurance Company Archives Building can be seen at 2241 Eastern Avenue. A housing subdivision can be seen at center. Further in the distance, a large city, probably Los Angeles, sprawls out into the background.
Asset Metadata
Title
Aerial view of Alhambra, December 20, 1940
Subject
cities
(adlf),
Los Angeles -- General views -- Aerial (1940)
(file heading),
Title Insurance Company
(subject),
Views
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Alhambra
(city or populated place),
Alhambra Avenue
(roadway),
California
(states),
Eastern Avenue
(roadway),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries),
Valley Boulevard
(roadway)
Temporal Subject
1940-12-20
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
1940-12-20
Creator
Spence Air Photos
(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-m2821
Identifier
44284 (
accession number
), CHS-44284 (
call number
), CHS-44284 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-3720 (
legacy record id
), chs-m2821 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-2891 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
), E-10889-16-A (
unidentified no.
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
3720
Unique identifier
UC115922
Legacy Identifier
CHS-44284.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
21.2 in × 16.9 in at 300dpi
53.9 cm × 43.0 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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