California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

University Methodist Episcopal Church, Jefferson Street, ca.1895

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University Methodist Episcopal Church, Jefferson Street, ca.1895

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Photograph of the University Methodist Episcopal Church, Jefferson Street, ca.1895. The wood church has a tall square bell tower topped with a steep peaked roof. Two round windows in two sides of the tower over the main entrance have two six-pointed stained glass stars in them. A group of four people stand near or on the steps to the main entry. An adjacent house with a surrounding picket fence and a widow's walk on the roof is visible in the background to the left. A park with trees and flowers is in the foreground and at right. The church bears writing on the street end reading "University M.E. Church".; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.

Asset Metadata

Title University Methodist Episcopal Church, Jefferson Street, ca.1895

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

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1895

Subject Churches (lcsh), LA (LA) Churches (subject), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Churches -- Methodist Episcopal (file heading), Los Angeles -- Churches -- Methodist Episcopal (file heading), religious facilities (adlf), University Methodist Episcopal Church (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Jefferson Boulevard & University Boulevard (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), University Methodist Episcopal Church (manmade features), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1895

Type images

Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 21 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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)

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-m931

Identifier 3051 (accession number), CHS-3051 (call number), CHS-3051 (filename), isla id: S-4549 (identifying number), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8841 (legacy record id), chs-m931 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-935 (legacy record id), 1-16-35 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8841

Unique identifier UC139175

Legacy Identifier CHS-3051.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.1 in × 12.9 in at 300dpi
43.5 cm × 32.9 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

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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