California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior view of the Las Flores Inn on the coast road in Santa Monica, 1915

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Exterior view of the Las Flores Inn on the coast road in Santa Monica, 1915

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Las Flores Inn on the coast road in Santa Monica, 1915. The inn is at right and has a steeply peaked roof with its name painted near the top. Part of the inn extends back to the ocean behind it. A wooden structure is seen covering tables at left, and there is a fenced-in garden at left. Several cars are parked in front of the inn and the garden, and there are people standing in front of the inn. A horse is tied near the ocean at left. Legible signs include "Crescent Ice Cream" and "When Your [sic] Dry Maier Select on Draught".

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Title Exterior view of the Las Flores Inn on the coast road in Santa Monica, 1915

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Beaches (lcsh), coastal zones (adlf), Crescent Ice Cream (subject), Horses (lcsh), Las Flores Inn (subject), Los Angeles County -- Santa Monica -- Architecture -- General (file heading), Ocean (lcsh), Parking lots (lcsh), Restaurants, lunch rooms, etc. (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Malibu (city or populated place), Pacific Coast Highway (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1915

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (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 1915

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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2359

Identifier 11206 (accession number), CHS-11206 (call number), CHS-11206 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3285 (legacy record id), chs-m2359 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-2420 (legacy record id), 1-54- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3285

Unique identifier UC120496

Legacy Identifier CHS-11206.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.8 in × 12.4 in at 300dpi
45.3 cm × 31.6 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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