California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Drawing of San Francisco by Henry Firks, ca.1849

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Drawing of San Francisco by Henry Firks, ca.1849

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Photograph of a drawing of San Francisco by Henry Firks, ca.1849. An array of ships both large and small are pictured to the right of center in the harbor, while rancher-style houses can be seen on land to the left and along the shore. Mountains are visible in the background. The names of each respective building is listed in a key below the drawing, while the buildings of the shipyard along the shore have their names written on their sides. To the far right, a collection of tends can be seen surrounding a campfire. More text beneath the title reads "Latest edition corrected by a committee of pioneers consisting of Richard M. Sherman, William Heath Davis, Ferdinand Vassualt".; Picture file card reads "View from coastline shwoing storefronts looking across the bay to Yerba Buena Island. Drawing includes a listing of the names of steamers and store owners".

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Title Drawing of San Francisco by Henry Firks, ca.1849

Subject Boats and boating (lcsh), buildings (lcsh), cities (adlf), Ocean (lcsh), San Francisco County -- Golden Gate and Bay (file heading), ships (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), San Francisco (city or populated place), San Francisco (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1849

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), 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 1849

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

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-m9078

Identifier 8979 (accession number), CHS-8979 (call number), CHS-8979 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-9354 (legacy record id), chs-m9078 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-9216 (legacy record id), 1-48- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 9354

Unique identifier UC139309

Legacy Identifier CHS-8979.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.0 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
50.9 cm × 40.6 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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