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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Braley Building on the Hibernian Block, Los Angeles, 1900-1903
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Braley Building on the Hibernian Block, Los Angeles, 1900-1903
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Description
Photograph of the exterior of the Braley Building (later the Hibernian Building), 4th Street and Spring Street, Los Angeles, 1900-1903. The first skyscraper in Los Angeles. The 12-story brick and stone building towers above the street and other buildings in the background below. Four horse-drawn wagons, numerous bicycles, and small groups of pedestrians are visible on the sidewalk and street below. Electric wires criss-cross the street for the use of streetcars (not visible). Legible signs include: "Brooks & Ferguson, architect", "Davies Lumber Co.", "Dr. Ayington[?], physician & surgeon", "Nevada Keystone Mining Co.", ..."& Long, [...] insurance, notary public", ..."& Long, real estate and mines", "Dr. C.W. [...], surgeon", "Burbank & Baker, real estate, stocks, bonds", "Burbank & Baker, Huntington Park", "Burbank & Baker, Hermosa Beach", ..."ampico Sugar Co., home office", "Southern California Savings Bank".
Asset Metadata
Title
Braley Building on the Hibernian Block, Los Angeles, 1900-1903
Subject
Braley Building
(subject),
buildings
(lcsh),
buildings
(adlf),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General -- Braley Building
(file heading),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General #2
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Spring Street & 4th Street
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1900/1903
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm., 25 x 20 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)
Date Created
1900/1903
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-m957
Identifier
1883 (
accession number
), CHS-1883 (
call number
), CHS-1883 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-8865 (
legacy record id
), chs-m957 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-960 (
legacy record id
), 1-9-17 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
8865
Unique identifier
UC139017
Legacy Identifier
CHS-1883.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
14.4 in × 19.0 in at 300dpi
36.7 cm × 48.3 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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