Exterior view of Sisters' Hospital on Sunset Boulevard, [s.d.]

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Photograph of an exterior view of Sisters' Hospital on Sunset Boulevard, [s.d.]. The five-story hospital is at center. It is a Mission-style building with light-colored walls and a terracotta tile roof. On the front corner of the building at right, an octagonal tower topped by a large dome is visible. Rows of large windows look out on a grassy field at right and a wide paved street in the foreground. A cross can be seen on top of the dome. Several trees are visible in the background at right.

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Title Exterior view of Sisters' Hospital on Sunset Boulevard, [s.d.]

Subject Hospitals (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Hospitals (1 of 2) (file heading), medical facilities (adlf), Sisters' Hospital (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Sunset Boulevard (roadway), USA (countries)

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)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1793

Identifier 32439 (accession number), CHS-32439 (call number), CHS-32439 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2650 (legacy record id), chs-m1793 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-1845 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2650

Unique identifier UC116227

Legacy Identifier CHS-32439.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.6 in × 16.4 in at 300dpi
44.8 cm × 41.8 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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