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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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View of Lafayette Park (formerly Sunset Park), from the Bryson Apartments, Los Angeles, ca. January 1913
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View of Lafayette Park (formerly Sunset Park), from the Bryson Apartments, Los Angeles, ca. January 1913
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Description
Photograph of a view of Lafayette Park (formerly Sunset Park), from the Bryson Apartments, Los Angeles, ca. January 1913. Windy paths navigate through the park at center. Benches are placed along the paths, and the grass is well maintained. A variety of trees are planted throughout the park, while residential blocks and mountains are visible in the distance. Wilshire Boulevard, Commonwealth Avenue and Hoover Street are in view.; "Bryson Apartments: 2701 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles. This ten-story Beaux Arts/Classical Revival/Mediterranean style building designed by Architects Frederick Noonan and Charles H. Kysor was erected in 1912." -- unknown author.
Asset Metadata
Title
View of Lafayette Park (formerly Sunset Park), from the Bryson Apartments, Los Angeles, ca. January 1913
Subject
Apartment houses
(lcsh),
Bryson Apartments
(subject),
Lafayette Park (formerly Sunset Park)
(subject),
Los Angeles -- Parks -- Lafayette Park (formerly Sunset Park)
(file heading),
Parks
(lcsh),
Parks
(adlf)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries),
Wilshire Boulevard and Commonwealth Avenue
(roadway)
Temporal Subject
1913-01
Type
images
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 10 x 13 cm., 20 x 25 cm.
(aacr2),
glass plate negatives
(format),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographic prints
(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
1913-01
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
(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-m3638
Identifier
5769 (
accession number
), CHS-5769 (
call number
), CHS-5769 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-4572 (
legacy record id
), chs-m3638 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-3714 (
legacy record id
), 1-12-28 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
4572
Unique identifier
UC119292
Legacy Identifier
CHS-5769.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.6 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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