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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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View of the Los Angeles Plaza, ca.1890
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View of the Los Angeles Plaza, ca.1890

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Photograph of a view of the Los Angeles Plaza, ca.1890. The plaza is landscaped into a round shape with a fountain in the center. The Olvera adobe is partially visible on the left, the Lugo House (with dormer windows) faces the plaza from the east and the L.A. City Water Co. building can be seen in the backgound. Small houses dominate the principally rural setting in the background. A small group of pedestrians are on the sidewalk around the Plaza. Legible signs include: "L.A. City Water Co.", ..."Chinese & Japanese fancy goods; Employment office". 
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Title View of the Los Angeles Plaza, ca.1890 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1890 
Subject cities  (adlf), Fountains  (lcsh), Landscape architecture  (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Plaza #1 -- General views  (file heading), Los Angeles -- Water Company  (subject), Parks  (lcsh), Plazas--California  (lcsh) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries) 
Temporal Subject 1890 
Type images
Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 21 cm.; 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 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-m2368 
Identifier 2847 (accession number), CHS-2847 (call number), CHS-2847 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3293 (legacy record id), chs-m2368 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2429 (legacy record id), 1-14-11 (microfiche number), USC (project) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 3293 
Unique identifier UC120380 
Legacy Identifier CHS-2847.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 18.8 in × 14.2 in at 300dpi
47.8 cm × 36.0 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 
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