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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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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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Description
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".
Asset Metadata
Title
Masonry worker finishing new curbing on Wilshire Boulevard, 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)
Date Created
1930/1939
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
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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
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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