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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Exterior view of the Cathedral of Saint Vibiana, located at Main Street and Second Street, ca.1888
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Exterior view of the Cathedral of Saint Vibiana, located at Main Street and Second Street, ca.1888
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the Cathedral of Saint Vibiana, located at Main Street and Second Street, ca.1888. The large, neo-Classical cathedral is shown at center, with other, commercial buildings at its left. Several statues protrude from the church's roof, along with two spired steeples. The façade shown has two unadorned pediments, a rose window, and a balustraded railing along the lower roofline. Pedestrians and horse-drawn buggies stand on the sidewalk and street in front of the cathedral.; Legible signs, from left to right, include: "Los Angeles [B]usiness College. Southern California College of Law", "H. Mathews. Paints. Sherwin-Wi[...]. Pure K[...]", "Scriver & Quinn. Paints, Varnishes, Glass & [...]".
Asset Metadata
Title
Exterior view of the Cathedral of Saint Vibiana, located at Main Street and Second Street, ca.1888
Subject
Carriages
(lcsh),
Churches
(lcsh),
Horses
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Churches -- Roman Catholic
(file heading),
Los Angeles -- Churches -- Roman Catholic
(file heading),
religious facilities
(adlf),
roadways
(adlf),
Sherwin-Williams Paint
(subject),
St. Vibiana's Cathedral
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
California College of Law
(manmade features),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Los Angeles Business College
(manmade features),
Main Street & 2nd Street
(roadway),
P.H. Mathews Paints
(manmade features),
Saint Vibiana's Cathedral
(manmade features),
Scriver & Quinn Paints and Varnishes
(manmade features),
USA
(countries)
Geocoordinate
34.04975,-118.24348 (
point
), 34.05024,-118.24294 (
point
), 34.05049,-118.24435 (
point
), 34.05102,-118.24362 (
point
)
Temporal Subject
1888
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 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
1888
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m940
Identifier
31197 (
accession number
), CHS-31197 (
call number
), CHS-31197 (
filename
), isla id: S-4569 (
identifying number
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-8850 (
legacy record id
), chs-m940 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-944 (
legacy record id
), 1-16- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
8850
Unique identifier
UC139207
Legacy Identifier
CHS-31197.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.5 in × 10.7 in at 300dpi
47.0 cm × 27.3 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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