View of a caged tiger, ca.1920

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Photograph of a view of a caged tiger, ca.1920. The tiger is at left and is walking towards and looking at the camera. The large cat is very close to the wall of the cage at left. The cage itself is made with a wood frame with thin metal bars filling in the gaps. The wall behind the tiger is almost completely made of bars, while the wall at left has considerable wooden framing. The floor of the cage is made of wooden planks.

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Title View of a caged tiger, ca.1920

Subject Animals -- Tigers (file heading), Parks (adlf), Tigers (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Temporal Subject 1920

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 11 x 16 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 1920

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-m18229

Identifier 11570 (accession number), CHS-11570 (call number), CHS-11570 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18219 (legacy record id), chs-m18229 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14189 (legacy record id), 1-74-19 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18219

Unique identifier UC113837

Legacy Identifier CHS-11570.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 11.1 in × 16.8 in at 300dpi
28.2 cm × 42.7 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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