California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior view of the Arcadia Hotel in Santa Monica, ca.1895

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Exterior view of the Arcadia Hotel in Santa Monica, ca.1895

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Photograph of the exterior view of the Arcadia Hotel in Santa Monica, ca.1895. The building is about four- to five-stories tall. Near the center of the building is a cone-shaped tower. A circular driveway runs from the front of the building and back out onto the streets. A sign reading "Arcadia" can be seen towards the top of the building. A row of young trees can be seen in the right foreground.

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Title Exterior view of the Arcadia Hotel in Santa Monica, ca.1895

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1895

Subject Arcadia Hotel (corporate name), buildings (adlf), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Santa Monica -- Architecture -- General (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Santa Monica (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1895

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 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)

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-m2379

Identifier 6182 (accession number), CHS-6182 (call number), CHS-6182 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3304 (legacy record id), chs-m2379 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2440 (legacy record id), 1-54- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3304

Unique identifier UC120411

Legacy Identifier CHS-6182.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.8 in × 13.8 in at 300dpi
45.2 cm × 35.2 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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