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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Los Angeles River in Griffith Park, ca.1920
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Los Angeles River in Griffith Park, ca.1920
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Description
Photograph of the Los Angeles River in Griffith Park, ca.1920. The river is in the foreground of the image, and its still water reflects the scene behind it. On the far bank of the river is an assortment of tree branches and small rocks; behind there are various trees and large bushes. In the background, mountains are visible. The top of the image is framed by the branches of a tree that reach out from the left side. There is a rock in the water on the left side, and there are aquatic plants growing around it.
Asset Metadata
Title
Los Angeles River in Griffith Park, ca.1920
Subject
Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
(naf),
Los Angeles -- Parks -- Griffith Park
(file heading),
Los Angeles River (Calif.)
(naf),
Parks
(lcsh),
rivers
(lcsh),
rivers
(adlf)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
parks: Griffith Park
(geographic subject),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1920
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 13 x 10 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
1920
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.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2364
Identifier
10192 (
accession number
), CHS-10192 (
call number
), CHS-10192 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-3290 (
legacy record id
), chs-m2364 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-2425 (
legacy record id
), 1-91- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
3290
Unique identifier
UC120512
Legacy Identifier
CHS-10192.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
12.6 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
32.2 cm × 41.2 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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