California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Widening of Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, February 28, 1927

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Widening of Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, February 28, 1927

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Photograph of the widening of Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, February 28, 1927. The road runs from the foreground to the background at center. It is paved at left, and several automobiles can be seen on the paved section. At right, the road is made of dirt and has been smoothed out. Several workers can be seen sitting on the roadside at right. Large buildings can be seen on the left side of the road, while a large church with a tall steeple is visible in the background at center.

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Title Widening of Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, February 28, 1927

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Wilshire Boulevard (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1927-02-28

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, transparency, b&w ; 13 x 17 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat), transparencies (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 1927-02-28

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m421

Identifier 35275 (accession number), CHS-35275 (call number), CHS-35275 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5693 (legacy record id), chs-m421 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-418 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5693

Unique identifier UC119581

Legacy Identifier CHS-35275.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.7 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
47.6 cm × 33.8 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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