California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Cyclists participating in sponsored by the Los Angeles Times Bicycle Club Run, Pico Boulevard near Western Avenue, looking east, September 4, 1895

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Cyclists participating in sponsored by the Los Angeles Times Bicycle Club Run, Pico Boulevard near Western Avenue, looking east, September 4, 1895

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Photograph of cyclists participating in sponsored by the Los Angeles Times Bicycle Club Run, Pico Boulevard near Western Avenue, looking east, September 4, 1895. A line of nine men and women ride their bicycles down an unpaved road in what is apparently open countryside. The Immaculate Heart Convent can be seen to the right as well as a house that is partially visible behind a patch of trees in the background.

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Title Cyclists participating in sponsored by the Los Angeles Times Bicycle Club Run, Pico Boulevard near Western Avenue, looking east, September 4, 1895

Subject Bicycle Club Run (subject), Bicyclers (lcsh), Bicycles (lcsh), Clubs (lcsh), Los Angeles Times (subject), Recreation -- Bicycling (file heading), roadways (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Pico Boulevard & Western Avenue (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1895-09-04

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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 1895-09-04

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-m8538

Identifier 6407 (accession number), CHS-6407 (call number), CHS-6407 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-9024 (legacy record id), chs-m8538 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-8671 (legacy record id), 1-13-29 (microfiche number), 1-155- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 9024

Unique identifier UC138808

Legacy Identifier CHS-6407.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.6 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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