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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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The Los Angeles Fire Department marching down Main Street looking north from Central Avenue in the first civic parade in L.A., July 4, 1871
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The Los Angeles Fire Department marching down Main Street looking north from Central Avenue in the first civic parade in L.A., July 4, 1871
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Description
Photograph of the Los Angeles Fire Department marching down Main Street looking north from Central Avenue in the first civic parade in L.A., July 4, 1871. Twenty-six firemen arranged in two lines of thirteen trail the horse-drawn cart which holds the pressurized water pump. Spectators and other carriages are visible alongside the unpaved road to the left and in the distance. Shop fronts line the street to the left and in the right hand distance. Legible signs include: "Furniture / Bedding", and "Levy & Corblentz".
Asset Metadata
Title
The Los Angeles Fire Department marching down Main Street looking north from Central Avenue in the first civic parade in L.A., July 4, 1871
Subject
Fire fighters
(lcsh),
Fire-departments
(lcsh),
Fourth of July
(lcsh),
Horses
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Fire department #2
(file heading),
Los Angeles Fire Department
(subject),
Parades
(lcsh),
roadways
(adlf)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Main Street north from Central Avenue
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1871-07-04
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
glass plate negatives
(format),
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
1871-07-04
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2222
Identifier
7124 (
accession number
), CHS-7124 (
call number
), CHS-7124 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-3151 (
legacy record id
), chs-m2222 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-2283 (
legacy record id
), 1-6-29 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
3151
Unique identifier
UC120339
Legacy Identifier
CHS-7124.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.2 in × 15.2 in at 300dpi
48.9 cm × 38.7 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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