California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of the Wilshire Causeway adjacent to Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), 1930-1939

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View of the Wilshire Causeway adjacent to Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), 1930-1939

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Photograph of a view of the Wilshire Causeway adjacent to Westlake Park, 1930-1939. The causeway is pictured at center, beginning from Park View Street in the foreground. To the right, the lake at Westlake Park can be partially seen below the sidewalk. Highrise buildings fill the background.

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Title View of the Wilshire Causeway adjacent to Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), 1930-1939

Subject Los Angeles -- Streets -- Wilshire Boulevard (1 of 3) (file heading), Parks (lcsh), 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 : photoprint, b&w ; 12 x 18 cm. (aacr2), 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 1930/1939

Contributor Los Angeles Department of Public Works (contributor)

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-m464

Identifier 42205 (accession number), CHS-42205 (call number), CHS-42205 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5256 (legacy record id), chs-m464 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-461 (legacy record id), 1-12-66 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5256

Unique identifier UC119609

Legacy Identifier CHS-42205.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.3 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
46.5 cm × 33.4 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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