California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Panoramic view of Hill Street from Olive Street and First Street, looking east, Los Angeles, ca.1890

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Panoramic view of Hill Street from Olive Street and First Street, looking east, Los Angeles, ca.1890

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Photograph of panoramic view of Hill Street from Olive Street and First Street, looking east, Los Angeles, ca.1890. An incline can be seen sloping downwards towards the left in the foreground. Palm trees, other trees, and weeds can be seen growing on the incline. Buildings can be seen beyond the incline, including a building at left with a spire. A four-story building towards center has a tall tower. Clouds fill the sky.

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Title Panoramic view of Hill Street from Olive Street and First Street, looking east, Los Angeles, ca.1890

Subject buildings (adlf), Los Angeles -- General views (1890) (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Olive Street & First Street (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1890

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 21 cm., 20 x 25 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1890

Creator C.C. Pierce & Co. (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-m2556

Identifier 14 (accession number), CHS-14 (call number), CHS-14 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3470 (legacy record id), chs-m2556 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-2618 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3470

Unique identifier UC120393

Legacy Identifier CHS-14.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.4 in × 14.2 in at 300dpi
46.8 cm × 36.1 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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