California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Birdseye view of Figueroa Street at Wilshire Boulevard before the extension of Wilshire, ca.1931

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Birdseye view of Figueroa Street at Wilshire Boulevard before the extension of Wilshire, ca.1931

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Photograph of a birdseye view of Figueroa Street at Wilshire Boulevard before the extension of Wilshire, ca.1931. In the foreground, several small warehouse-type building are visible. In the background, the skyline is dominated by large, multistory buildings with scores of rectangular windows. Many early automobiles can be seen on a paved road in the foreground. Utility poles are visible in several places throughout the image. Compares to USC-0-1-1-471, an image after the improvement.; Legible signs include, from left, "Covey's U Drive", "Pacific Finance Building", and "Colonial Cafeteria".

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Title Birdseye view of Figueroa Street at Wilshire Boulevard before the extension of Wilshire, ca.1931

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 1931

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 1931

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-m473

Identifier 32522 (accession number), CHS-32522 (call number), CHS-32522 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5253 (legacy record id), chs-m473 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-470 (legacy record id), 1-12-51 (microfiche number), USC (project), 3624 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5253

Unique identifier UC119399

Legacy Identifier CHS-32522.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.9 in × 15.7 in at 300dpi
50.5 cm × 40.0 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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