California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of the completed Sunset Boulevard-Silverlake Boulevard grade separation, March 20, 1932

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View of the completed Sunset Boulevard-Silverlake Boulevard grade separation, March 20, 1932

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Photograph of a view of the completed Sunset Boulevard-Silverlake Boulevard grade separation, March 20, 1932. A wide paved street is in the foreground at right and disappears under a bridge in the distance at center. Another paved street intersects the first and runs from left to right. An electric railway car is crossing the bridge in the distance, and several small building can be seen at left. A line of utility poles runs across the image from right to left. An early-model automobile can be seen parked at left. Compares to USC-0-1-1-324 dated September 5, 1931.

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Title View of the completed Sunset Boulevard-Silverlake Boulevard grade separation, March 20, 1932

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Bridges (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Sunset Boulevard (file heading), roadways (adlf), Street-railroads (lcsh), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Sunset Boulevard & Silverlake Boulevard (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1932-03-20

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 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 1932-03-20

Creator Los Angeles Department of Public Works (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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m327

Identifier 15015 (accession number), CHS-15015 (call number), CHS-15015 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3919 (legacy record id), chs-m327 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-325 (legacy record id), USC (project), 4264 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3919

Unique identifier UC116010

Legacy Identifier CHS-15015.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.5 in × 15.8 in at 300dpi
49.7 cm × 40.3 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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