California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Birdseye view of the proposed site for the Union Station terminal in Los Angeles before construction, December 12, 1933

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Birdseye view of the proposed site for the Union Station terminal in Los Angeles before construction, December 12, 1933

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Photograph of a birdseye view of the proposed site for the Union Station terminal in Los Angeles before construction, December 12, 1933. The terminal site is at center and is occupied by an extensive collection of warehouses and other large, low buildings. A railroad yard can be seen at right, and many boxcars are visible. A tall building sticks up above the skyline at left next to a hill that has been cleared of trees and graded. A mountain range can be seen in the distance through some haze.

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Title Birdseye view of the proposed site for the Union Station terminal in Los Angeles before construction, December 12, 1933

Subject cities (adlf), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Train stations -- Union Station (file heading), Railroads -- Stations (lcsh), Union Station (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1933-12-04

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 1933-12-04

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-m1552

Identifier 14531 (accession number), CHS-14531 (call number), CHS-14531 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2414 (legacy record id), chs-m1552 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-1600 (legacy record id), 1-119- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2414

Unique identifier UC115992

Legacy Identifier CHS-14531.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.7 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
50.0 cm × 40.7 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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