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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Birdseye view of Los Angeles looking northwest from the Carthay Circle Theatre, ca.1929
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Birdseye view of Los Angeles looking northwest from the Carthay Circle Theatre, ca.1929
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Description
Photograph of a birdseye view of Los Angeles looking northwest from the Carthay Circle Theatre, ca.1929. Two sets of railroad track run down the center of San Vicente Boulevard. Automobiles are parked alongside them. Houses are visible in the residential area on the far side of the street, beyond which a field of oil siphons can be seen. A sign in the foreground reads "Drugs" where the shadow of a church's bell tower can be seen.
Asset Metadata
Title
Birdseye view of Los Angeles looking northwest from the Carthay Circle Theatre, ca.1929
Subject
Carthay Circle Theatre
(subject),
cities
(adlf),
Los Angeles -- General views
(file heading),
Los Angeles -- Streets -- Wilshire Boulevard (2 of 3)
(file heading),
Views
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Carillo Drive
(roadway),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
San Vicente Boulevard
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1924/1934
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 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
1924/1934
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-m451
Identifier
7180 (
accession number
), CHS-7180 (
call number
), CHS-7180 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-5295 (
legacy record id
), chs-m451 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-448 (
legacy record id
), 1-12-49 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
5295
Unique identifier
UC119426
Legacy Identifier
CHS-7180.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.6 in × 14.5 in at 300dpi
47.4 cm × 37.0 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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