California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Figueroa Street after the improvement of Wilshire, December 6, 1934

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View of the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Figueroa Street after the improvement of Wilshire, December 6, 1934

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Photograph of a view of the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Figueroa Street after the improvement of Wilshire, December 6, 1934. Wilshire is at center and heads away from the viewer into the distance. It is a wide paved street lined with many automobiles. Figueroa can be seen running left to right in the foreground. The buildings in the foreground are mostly one- and two-story structures with terracotta tile roofs. Many taller buildings can be seen in the background. Compares to USC-0-1-1-470, an image before the improvements.; Legible signs include, from left: "Covey's U-Drive $3 Per Day", "Auto Park", and "Colonial Cafeteria".

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Title View of the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Figueroa Street after the improvement of Wilshire, December 6, 1934

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1934-12-06

Subject cities (adlf), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Wilshire Boulevard (1 of 3) (file heading), Streets -- Maintenance and repair (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Figueroa Street (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Wilshire Boulevard (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1934-12-06

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)

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-m474

Identifier 32524 (accession number), CHS-32524 (call number), CHS-32524 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5252 (legacy record id), chs-m474 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-471 (legacy record id), 1-12-53 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5252

Unique identifier UC119397

Legacy Identifier CHS-32524.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.9 in × 15.8 in at 300dpi
50.5 cm × 40.2 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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