California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

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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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".

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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

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1871-07-04

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)

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-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

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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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