California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Masonry worker finishing new curbing on Wilshire Boulevard, 1930-1939

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Masonry worker finishing new curbing on Wilshire Boulevard, 1930-1939

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Photograph of a masonry worker finishing new curbing on Wilshire Boulevard, 1930-1939. The worker is bending over at left and smoothing the face of the concrete curb. He is wearing long pants and a cap, but no shirt. The area around the sidewalk is blocked off with wooden boards. A mailbox is at left, and several automobiles can be seen in the distance at left. At right is an open field with buildings in the background.; Legible signs include, from left to right: "Not for Public Use", "Street Closed", "Dept. of Public Works", "Bureau of Engineering", and "15 Auto Wash".

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Title Masonry worker finishing new curbing on Wilshire Boulevard, 1930-1939

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1930/1939

Subject Building (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Public Works -- Construction scenes (file heading), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Wilshire Boulevard (1 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), Wilshire Boulevard (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1930/1939

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 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-m4023

Identifier 33356 (accession number), CHS-33356 (call number), CHS-33356 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5550 (legacy record id), chs-m4023 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-4113 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5550

Unique identifier UC119659

Legacy Identifier CHS-33356.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.6 in × 9.0 in at 300dpi
32.2 cm × 22.9 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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