California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior view of the East Side Railroad Station, showing a Wells Fargo and Company Express sign, 1917

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Exterior view of the East Side Railroad Station, showing a Wells Fargo and Company Express sign, 1917

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Photograph of an exterior view of the East Side Railroad Station, showing a Wells Fargo and Company Express sign, 1917. At center, a set of double-doors is pictured, emblazoned with a sign that reads "Waiting room". Above, the Wells Fargo sign is visible. At right, a schedule of train arrivals is pictured. Through the glass of the doors, a second set of doors can be seen on the other side.

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Title Exterior view of the East Side Railroad Station, showing a Wells Fargo and Company Express sign, 1917

Subject buildings (adlf), East Side Railroad (subject), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Train stations (file heading), Railroads -- Stations (lcsh), Wells Fargo and Company (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1917-12-01

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 15 x 10 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 1917-12-01

Contributor Wanamaker, Marc (donated 1985) (donor)

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-m1538

Identifier 44122 (accession number), CHS-44122 (call number), CHS-44122 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2400 (legacy record id), chs-m1538 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-1586 (legacy record id), 85-5-16 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2400

Unique identifier UC116330

Legacy Identifier CHS-44122.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.4 in × 24.5 in at 300dpi
31.6 cm × 62.2 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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