California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of Highland Park, looking northeast on Pasadena Avenue (formerly North Figueroa Street), ca.1908-1912

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View of Highland Park, looking northeast on Pasadena Avenue (formerly North Figueroa Street), ca.1908-1912

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Photograph of a view of Highland Park, looking northeast on Pasadena Avenue (formerly North Figueroa Street), ca.1908-1912. Pasadena Avenue curves from the right (foreground) and continues onward in a straight path into the distance. Many residential buildings and several commercial buildings form blocks in this developing community. Mountains are visible in the distance.

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Title View of Highland Park, looking northeast on Pasadena Avenue (formerly North Figueroa Street), ca.1908-1912

Subject cities (adlf), Los Angeles -- Highland Park -- General views #1 (file heading), Railroads -- Track (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Highland Park (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Pasadena Avenue (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1908/1912

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), 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 1908/1912

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2948

Identifier 6031 (accession number), CHS-6031 (call number), CHS-6031 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3843 (legacy record id), chs-m2948 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-3021 (legacy record id), 1-30- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3843

Unique identifier UC116100

Legacy Identifier CHS-6031.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.0 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
45.7 cm × 34.4 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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