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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Woolwine, Sprigg and Nerney's Abstract Office, San Diego, 1887
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Woolwine, Sprigg and Nerney's Abstract Office, San Diego, 1887
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Description
Photograph of the exterior of Woolwine, Sprigg and Nerney's Abstract Office in the Kuhn Building, Fourth Street & D Street, San Diego, 1887. Other smaller buildings are adjacent to the three-story brick building in front of which are parked three horse-drawn carriages. Only one pedestrian (a man) is visible. Legible signs include: ..."Over the garden wall, the finest play of all, [...]ed by Frank W. P[...], The Knights [...] magical comedy company", "The Alcazar, cigars and tobacco", "Rom[...] Chinese Baz"..., "E.L. Coom[...], dentist", "Dr. McS"..., "Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co.", "Woolwine, Sprigg & Nerney"..., ..."Insurance, Woolwine, Sprigg & Nerney, Real estate", "Agency Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.", "San Diego Abstract Co.", ..."Abstract Company", ..."Stoves & tinware".
Asset Metadata
Title
Woolwine, Sprigg and Nerney's Abstract Office, San Diego, 1887
Subject
buildings
(adlf),
buildings
(lcsh),
Real estate business
(lcsh),
San Diego County -- San Diego -- Architecture
(file heading),
Woolwine, Sprigg and Nerney's Abstract Office
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Fourth Street & D Street
(roadway),
San Diego
(city or populated place),
San Diego
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1887
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 20 x 25 cm.
(aacr2),
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
1887
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m8763
Identifier
1181 (
accession number
), CHS-1181 (
call number
), CHS-1181 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-9134 (
legacy record id
), chs-m8763 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-8896 (
legacy record id
), 1-46- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
9134
Unique identifier
UC138843
Legacy Identifier
CHS-1181.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
16.9 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
43.0 cm × 33.5 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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