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 the Tower Building west of La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1930

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View of Wilshire Boulevard looking east from the Tower Building west of La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1930

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Photograph of a view of Wilshire Boulevard looking east from the Tower Building west of La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1930. Automobiles congest the center of the boulevard, near a cross-street on the corner of which the E. Clem Wilson building can be seen under construction. Commercial buildings line either side of the street, with the houses of the residential area of the city visible in the background. The tower of City Hall can be seen on the horizon to the right.; Legible signs include: "Harter Beauty Salon", "Drugs", "Western Union", "Drive-In Market", "Harold H. Walsh & Co. Insurance Specialists", "Al F. Nugent", "MJB High-test Vacuum Coffee for Extra Coffee Richness", "Victor Radio / E.L. Bowen Music Co.", "Draperies Interior Decorating Slip Covers", "A.W. Ross", "Awning", "Richfield", "6% Mutual Pays 6% on Savings", and "Fox Ritz Theatre".

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Title View of Wilshire Boulevard looking east from the Tower Building west of La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1930

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place buildings: Los Angeles City Hall (geographic subject), California (states), E. Clem Wilson building (geographic subject), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Wilshire Boulevard west of La Brea Avenue (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1929/1930

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 1929/1930

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-m453

Identifier 7195 (accession number), CHS-7195 (call number), CHS-7195 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5293 (legacy record id), chs-m453 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-450 (legacy record id), 1-12-17 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5293

Unique identifier UC119440

Legacy Identifier CHS-7195.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.5 in × 14.4 in at 300dpi
47.0 cm × 36.6 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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