California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior view of the Stimson residence, 1890

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Exterior view of the Stimson residence, 1890

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Photograph (streetscape, horizontal photography) of exterior (completely masonry construction) front view of the Stimson mansion, west side of Figueroa Street on Chester Place, Los Angeles, 1890. The manicured lawn has trees and other plants arranged at pleasing intervals. Another large dwelling is visible in the background. The home was built for the retired Chicago lumberman Thomas Douglas Stimson.

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Title Exterior view of the Stimson residence, 1890

Creator C.C. Pierce & Co. (photographer), Title Insurance and Trust Company (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1890

Subject Architecture, Domestic (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Domestic -- Chester Place (file heading), residential sites (adlf), Stimson (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Chester Place (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), West Figueroa Street (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1890

Type images

Format 2 photographs : albumen photoprint, glass photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm., 12 x 20 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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)

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-m1714

Identifier 87 (accession number), CHS-87 (call number), CHS-87 (filename), isla id: S-4385 (identifying number), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2571 (legacy record id), chs-m1714 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-1764 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2571

Unique identifier UC116199

Legacy Identifier CHS-87.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 26.7 in × 16.5 in at 300dpi
67.9 cm × 41.9 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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