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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Exterior view of Robinson's Department Store from Seventh Street, 1920
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Exterior view of Robinson's Department Store from Seventh Street, 1920
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of Robinson's Department Store from Seventh Street, 1920. The massive, rectangular, six-story brick building is at center and towers over the street below. Awnings cover many of the first story windows, and there are sheets or curtains hiding the first story windows from view. Many pedestrian can be seen on the sidewalks around the building, and a mixture of horse-drawn wagons and early automobiles can be seen in the street.
Asset Metadata
Title
Exterior view of Robinson's Department Store from Seventh Street, 1920
Subject
buildings
(adlf),
Commercial buildings
(subject),
Department stores
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Stores (2 of 2)
(file heading),
Retail trade
(lcsh),
Robinson's Deparment Store
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
7th Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Downtown Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Robinson's Department Store
(manmade features),
USA
(countries)
Geocoordinate
34.01362,-118.284 (
point
), 34.02916,-118.24958 (
point
), 34.0525,-118.27293 (
point
), 34.05371,-118.22653 (
point
)
Temporal Subject
1920
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
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-m1406
Identifier
31331 (
accession number
), CHS-31331 (
call number
), CHS-31331 (
filename
), isla id: S-4601 (
identifying number
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-2274 (
legacy record id
), chs-m1406 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-1452 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
2274
Unique identifier
UC115590
Legacy Identifier
CHS-31331.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.2 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
51.4 cm × 41.4 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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