California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Panoramic view of the proposted site for Union Station construction, [s.d.]

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Panoramic view of the proposted site for Union Station construction, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a panoramic view of the proposed site for Union Station construction, [s.d.]. A paved road can be seen to the left of center running towards the background. Buildings can be seen throughout, most of which are non-residential and are one- to four-stories tall. Railroad cars can be seen at right, while hills are visible in the background. A large patch of trees grows on the hills at left. Mountains can be seen in the distance. Legible signs, from left to right, include: "[...] Druggists", "Braux [...]", and "Lumber".

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Title Panoramic view of the proposted site for Union Station construction, [s.d.]

Subject Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Train stations -- Union Station (file heading), railroad features (adlf), Railroads -- Stations (lcsh), Union Station (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1556

Identifier 44126 (accession number), CHS-44126 (call number), CHS-44126 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2417 (legacy record id), chs-m1556 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-1604 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2417

Unique identifier UC116506

Legacy Identifier CHS-44126.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.2 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
46.2 cm × 34.2 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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