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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Exterior view of the Fischer Vaudeville Theater (now City Hall), between Main Street and Spring Street, ca.1905
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Exterior view of the Fischer Vaudeville Theater (now City Hall), between Main Street and Spring Street, ca.1905
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Photograph of the exterior view of the Fischer Vaudeville Theater (now City Hall), north side of 1st Street, between Main Street and Spring Street, ca.1905. The theatre is about two-stories tall. Just above the first floor is the name "Fischer's Theatre" in lights. Above the roof is the name "Vaudeville, 10 & 20" in lights. The second floor has four windows with a decorative multifoils arch above them. The first floor has two doorways flanking the center booth. A set of stairs leading to the second floor can be found to the right of the building. A lamppost on the sidewalk prominently displays the theater's name and current showing.; Legible signs include: "Vaudeville, 10 & 20", "Fischer's Theatre", "[...]na, [...]ery, [...]rant", "[...]icolas", "$10, 3 for $25", "[spe]cialty", "A [...] moral family"..., "produced by our all star Stock Co.", "Woods & Woods", "Alat Carr", "new moving pictures", "next [week] [...]", "[...]ins, pippens", "Opti[...], Havana, for 25¢, 10¢ st[...]", "clam chowder, baked fish, broiled beef horsera[dish]", "lamb curry & rice", "codfish & cream", "lamb curry & rice", "maccaroni & cheese", "roast beef & mutton", "First Street bet. Main and Spring, E.A. Fischer, proprietor, Harry James, director, commencing Monday, Sep. 11, 'A Warm Reception', everything new!, new songs!, a screaming farce in one act, 3, new Vaudeville act, matinees, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, prices 10¢, 20¢, reserved seats 25¢, better than the best!".
Asset Metadata
Title
Exterior view of the Fischer Vaudeville Theater (now City Hall), between Main Street and Spring Street, ca.1905
Subject
buildings
(adlf),
Fischer's Theater
(subject),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Theaters -- General
(file heading),
Public Buildings #1
(subject),
Theaters
(lcsh),
Vaudeville
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
First Street, north side between Main & Spring
(roadway),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Main Street
(roadway),
Spring Street
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1905
Type
images
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegatives, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm., 13 x 10 cm.
(aacr2),
glass plate negatives
(format),
negatives (photographic)
(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
1905
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-m1436
Identifier
5124 (
accession number
), CHS-5124 (
call number
), CHS-5124 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-2302 (
legacy record id
), chs-m1436 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-1481 (
legacy record id
), 1-63- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
2302
Unique identifier
UC116102
Legacy Identifier
CHS-5124.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
14.0 in × 17.2 in at 300dpi
35.5 cm × 43.8 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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