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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Exterior view of the May Company department store in Los Angeles, 1920-1929
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Exterior view of the May Company department store in Los Angeles, 1920-1929
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the May Company department store in Los Angeles, 1920-1929. The five-story building is on a street corner at center and looms over the intersection below. A large arch-shaped entryway can be seen at left, flanked by tall columns. The windows on the first floor are covered by neat cloth awnings. The walls of the buildings are decorated with simple carvings and molding. Several early automobiles are parked on the curb in front of the store. Another large building can be seen in the background at left. The May Company building was constructed in 1908.
Asset Metadata
Title
Exterior view of the May Company department store in Los Angeles, 1920-1929
Subject
buildings
(adlf),
Department stores
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Stores (2 of 2)
(file heading),
May Company
(subject),
Retail trade
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Broadway & 8th Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Downtown Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
May Company Department Store
(manmade features),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1920/1929
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
1920/1929
Creator
Downtown Business Men's Association
(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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1404
Identifier
32427 (
accession number
), CHS-32427 (
call number
), CHS-32427 (
filename
), isla id: S-4602 (
identifying number
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-2272 (
legacy record id
), chs-m1404 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-1450 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
2272
Unique identifier
UC115661
Legacy Identifier
CHS-32427.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.2 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
51.4 cm × 40.9 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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