California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior view of St. Paul's Episcopal Church on the west side of Pershing Square, which is now the present site of the Biltmore Hotel, ca.1920

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Exterior view of St. Paul's Episcopal Church on the west side of Pershing Square, which is now the present site of the Biltmore Hotel, ca.1920

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Photograph of the exterior view of St. Paul's Episcopal Church on the west side of Pershing Square, which is now the present site of the Biltmore Hotel, ca.1920. The church is approximately three-stories tall. A tall tower with a spire stands above the entrance. Behind the church are several buildings, one of which is being built. Two early-model cars are parked along the street in front of the church. Another car is parked in the driveway near the entrance of the church. The church is located at 523 South Olive Street

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Title Exterior view of St. Paul's Episcopal Church on the west side of Pershing Square, which is now the present site of the Biltmore Hotel, ca.1920

Subject Churches (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Churches -- Episcopal (file heading), Los Angeles -- Churches -- Episcopal (file heading), religious facilities (adlf), St. Paul's Episcopal Church (subject), Trees (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 523 South Olive Street (roadway), 5th Street (roadway), California (states), Downtown Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral (manmade features), USA (countries)

Geocoordinate 34.04844,-118.25298 (point), 34.04941,-118.2535 (point), 34.04942,-118.25204 (point), 34.05002,-118.25283 (point)

Temporal Subject 1920

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 1920

Contributor Lewis, Jim (contributor)

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-m904

Identifier 6131 (accession number), CHS-6131 (call number), CHS-6131 (filename), isla id: S-4515 (identifying number), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8814 (legacy record id), chs-m904 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-908 (legacy record id), 1-16-50 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8814

Unique identifier UC139070

Legacy Identifier CHS-6131.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.8 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 35.0 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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