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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Summit of Wilson Peak, California, ca.1900
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Summit of Wilson Peak, California, ca.1900
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Description
Photograph of summit of Wilson Peak, California, 6232 feet. One man is leaning against the trunk of a large fir tree in the foreground. Into the trunk are carved numerous initials including: "E.J.S.", etc. A second man is sitting on the ground. Both men are looking to the left towards the peak of a mountain. Additional trees and shrubs are visible.
Asset Metadata
Title
Summit of Wilson Peak, California, ca.1900
Subject
Mountains
(lcsh),
Mountains
(adlf),
Natural features -- Mountains -- Mount Wilson
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
mountains: Mount Wilson
(geographic subject),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1900
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 20 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
1900
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
(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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14236
Identifier
75 (
accession number
), CHS-75 (
call number
), CHS-75 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-13950 (
legacy record id
), chs-m14236 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14244 (
legacy record id
), 1-84-5 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
13950
Unique identifier
UC138349
Legacy Identifier
CHS-75.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.3 in × 14.8 in at 300dpi
49.1 cm × 37.7 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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