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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Exterior view of Trinity Auditorium Building, 9th Street and Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1914-1920
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Exterior view of Trinity Auditorium Building, 9th Street and Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1914-1920
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Description
Photograph of the front exterior view of Trinity Auditorium Building (later the Embassy Hotel and Auditorium), 9th Street and Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1914-1920. The building is about 10-stories tall. The first floor consists of large arched opening allowing access to the main entrance and several other entrances. Four column buttresses under a wide pediment provide for a Greek look. A dome tower stands above the rooftop. There are two streetlamps on to of the roof (one on each end of the building). Below the lamps are fire-escape ladder wells, which run from the rooftop to the second floor. Early-model cars are parked along the street. An advertisement on the sidewalk showing a picture of a man reads: "Evan Williams, Trinity [...] 28". Other legible signs include: "[Th]anksgiving Market, [ho]me baked pies and cakes, real southern beat[...] biscuits, here November 25th".; "Built in 1914, this fine old building has served as a hotel, a church, and a university residence. When it was the Trinity Auditorium building, three stories were used for church purposes and 325 rooms above as a hotel for men. It had a roof garden, social halls, ladies parlor, and a library. The 2300 seat auditorium was used by Trinity for church functions on Sundays and was available for rent at other times for "high grade concerts, lectures, conventions, etc." In the 1980s, the University of Southern California purchased the building, using it for several years as a residential college." -- unknown author.
Asset Metadata
Title
Exterior view of Trinity Auditorium Building, 9th Street and Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1914-1920
Subject
buildings
(adlf),
Churches
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Churches -- Methodist Episcopal
(file heading),
Los Angeles -- Churches -- Methodist Episcopal
(file heading),
Los Angeles (Los Angeles) Architecture -- Commercial -- Theatres
(subject),
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
(subject),
Trinity Methodist Southern Church
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
9th Street
(roadway),
Broadway & 4th Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Downtown Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Grand Avenue
(roadway),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Trinity Auditorium
(manmade features),
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church South
(manmade features),
USA
(countries)
Geocoordinate
34.04862,-118.24848 (
point
), 34.04939,-118.24754 (
point
), 34.04943,-118.2493 (
point
), 34.05034,-118.24845 (
point
)
Temporal Subject
1914/1920
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
glass plate negatives
(format),
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
1914/1920
Creator
C.C. Pierce & Co.
(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-m912
Identifier
5622 (
accession number
), CHS-5622 (
call number
), CHS-5622 (
filename
), isla id: S-4542 (
identifying number
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-8822 (
legacy record id
), chs-m912 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-916 (
legacy record id
), 1-13-20 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
8822
Unique identifier
UC139075
Legacy Identifier
CHS-5622.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.0 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.9 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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