California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood, ca.1926

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View of Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood, ca.1926

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Photograph of a view of Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood, ca.1926. Automobiles drive and park along the unlined, paved road, flanked to either side by commercial shops. A few pedestrians stroll the sidewalk to the right with trees visible in the background. Legible signs include: "Drug Store", "California Bank", "Real Estate", "Hardware", "Plumb[ing]", and "Soda Lunch Cigars".

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Title View of Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood, ca.1926

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), buildings (lcsh), Los Angeles -- San Fernando Valley -- Streets (file heading), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Lankershim Boulevard at Magnolia Boulevard (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), North Hollywood (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1921/1931

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 1921/1931

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-m4366

Identifier 6809 (accession number), CHS-6809 (call number), CHS-6809 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4712 (legacy record id), chs-m4366 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-4458 (legacy record id), 1-49- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4712

Unique identifier UC120176

Legacy Identifier CHS-6809.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.3 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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