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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Redwood tree in the front yard of the residence of Judge O'Melveney, Los Angeles, ca.1900
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Redwood tree in the front yard of the residence of Judge O'Melveney, Los Angeles, ca.1900
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Description
Photograph of the redwood tree (Sequoia Sempervirens) in the front yard of the residence of Judge O'Melveney (O'Melveny?), Twelfth Street and Figueroa Street (according to Stuart O'Melveney), Los Angeles, ca.1900, looking south. A wooden picket fence surrounds the property. Only part of the house is visible at left. Across the street, at left, other buildings are visible. Legible signs include: "City Nursery, Figueroa Nursery [...]".
Asset Metadata
Title
Redwood tree in the front yard of the residence of Judge O'Melveney, Los Angeles, ca.1900
Subject
Architecture, Domestic
(lcsh),
Botany
(lcsh),
Botany -- Trees -- Redwood
(file heading),
Dwellings
(lcsh),
housing areas
(adlf),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Domestic -- Identified by owner -- L-R (3 of 4)
(file heading),
Redwood
(lcsh),
Trees
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
12th Street & Figueroa Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
City Nursery
(manmade features),
Figueroa Nursery
(manmade features),
Judge O'Melveney House
(manmade features),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Geocoordinate
33.74213,-118.39825 (
point
), 34.02658,-118.50695 (
point
), 34.08008,-118.16521 (
point
), 34.32215,-118.47777 (
point
)
Temporal Subject
1900
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 22 x 17 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)
Date Created
1900
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-m1661
Identifier
2737 (
accession number
), CHS-2737 (
call number
), CHS-2737 (
filename
), isla id: S-4411 (
identifying number
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-2518 (
legacy record id
), chs-m1661 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14298 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-1708 (
legacy record id
), 1-52- (
microfiche number
), 1-82-90 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
2518
Unique identifier
UC116473
Legacy Identifier
CHS-2737.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
14.2 in × 18.7 in at 300dpi
36.0 cm × 47.7 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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