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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Temple Street looking west from Main Street, showing the Downey Block being demolished, ca.1905
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Temple Street looking west from Main Street, showing the Downey Block being demolished, ca.1905
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Description
Photograph of Temple Street looking west from Main Street, showing the Downey Block being demolished, ca.1905. The Downey Block is on the corner in the foreground at right and is a two-story structure with arched windows on both levels. The bottom level is darker than the top. Several large Victorian houses can be seen in the background at left, and there are pedestrians in the streets. A network of utility wires crosses over the streets, anchored by several tall poles.; Legible signs include, from left to right: "Patent Office[...]azard &[...]arphay", and "Whiting Wrecking Co.".
Asset Metadata
Title
Temple Street looking west from Main Street, showing the Downey Block being demolished, ca.1905
Subject
buildings
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Streets -- Temple Street
(file heading),
roadways
(adlf),
Streets
(lcsh),
Wrecking
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Temple Street & Main Street
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1905
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
photographs
(aat),
transparencies
(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-m346
Identifier
11427 (
accession number
), CHS-11427 (
call number
), CHS-11427 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-3937 (
legacy record id
), chs-m346 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-344 (
legacy record id
), 1-13-72 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
3937
Unique identifier
UC116071
Legacy Identifier
CHS-11427.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.8 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
47.8 cm × 34.4 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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