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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Exterior of the Westminster Hotel on the corner of Fourth Street and Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1900
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Exterior of the Westminster Hotel on the corner of Fourth Street and Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1900

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Photograph of the exterior of the Westminster Hotel on the corner of Fourth Street and Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1900. The four-story Victorian brick building has a six-story tower on the corner over the main entrance. There are awnings at street level. An automobile is parked at the curb, while a bicyclist is pedalling by. Part of a horse-drawn wagon is visible at left. Numerous pedestrians are crossing the streets. Streetcar rails and overhead electrical lines are visible. Legible signs include: "Hotel Westminster", "[...]sh Co.", and "Cafe". 
Asset Metadata
Title Exterior of the Westminster Hotel on the corner of Fourth Street and Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1900 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1900 
Subject buildings  (adlf), Hotels  (subject), Hotels, taverns, etc.  (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Hotels -- Westminster Hotel  (file heading), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Hotels #5  (file heading), Pedestrians  (lcsh), Westminster Hotel  (subject) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Main Street & 4th Street (roadway), USA (countries) 
Temporal Subject 1900 
Type images
Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 20 x 25 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. 
Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given 
Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1300 
Identifier 2345 (accession number), CHS-2345 (call number), CHS-2345 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2175 (legacy record id), chs-m1300 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-1346 (legacy record id), 1-133-54 (microfiche number), 1-6-74 (microfiche number), USC (project) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 2175 
Unique identifier UC115780 
Legacy Identifier CHS-2345.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 18.6 in × 14.5 in at 300dpi
47.4 cm × 36.9 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 
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