California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of Wilshire Boulevard looking east from Western Avenue in Los Angeles, ca.1930-1939

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View of Wilshire Boulevard looking east from Western Avenue in Los Angeles, ca.1930-1939

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Photograph of a view of Wilshire Boulevard looking east from Western Avenue in Los Angeles, ca.1930-1939. Wilshire is in the foreground at center and is crowded with automobiles. The road is lined with palm trees on the far side and light posts on both sides. Several large buildings are visible in the distance, including one massive cylindrical building with a domed top. A two-story building with a tower can be seen at left. A sign on this building reads "Premiere".

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Title View of Wilshire Boulevard looking east from Western Avenue in Los Angeles, ca.1930-1939

Subject Los Angeles -- Streets -- Wilshire Boulevard (2 of 3) (file heading), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1930/1939

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 1930/1939

Creator Baker, Viroque (photographer), Pratt, Ernest M. (photographer)

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-m430

Identifier 14499 (accession number), CHS-14499 (call number), CHS-14499 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5284 (legacy record id), chs-m430 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-427 (legacy record id), 1-12-39 (microfiche number), USC (project), E-2916 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5284

Unique identifier UC119382

Legacy Identifier CHS-14499.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.9 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
50.6 cm × 40.9 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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