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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Exterior of the Temple Block from the south on Spring Street and Main Street, looking north from Market Street, ca.1890
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Exterior of the Temple Block from the south on Spring Street and Main Street, looking north from Market Street, ca.1890
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Description
Photograph of the exterior of the Temple Block, downtown Los Angeles, from the south, Spring Street and Main Street, looking north from Market Street, ca.1890. The 2-story brick building situated on the corner houses numerous businesses and has awnings shading the storefronts on the ground floor. Other buildings are visible adjacent and behind. Horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians are on the sidewalk or on the dirt street down which runs streetcar rails. Legible signs include: "206, Anthony Schwann, 200, associate cut rate ticket broker, notary republic", "Books & stationery", "R.E. Mor[...] shirts made to order", "Wellborn and Hutton law office", "Anthony Schwann Association R.R. ticket broker, notary public", ..."San Francisco"..., "Rates to Denver, Kansas City, Chicago, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and everywhere", "Pabst Milwaukee Bohemian lager", "Pioneer Truck Co.", "New U.S. Hotel".
Asset Metadata
Title
Exterior of the Temple Block from the south on Spring Street and Main Street, looking north from Market Street, ca.1890
Subject
buildings
(lcsh),
buildings
(adlf),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General #1
(file heading),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Temple Block
(file heading),
Temple Block
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Market Street & Spring Street
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1890
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 20 cm., 20 x 25
(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
1890
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-m974
Identifier
1987 (
accession number
), CHS-1987 (
call number
), CHS-1987 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-8882 (
legacy record id
), chs-m974 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-977 (
legacy record id
), 1-9-18 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
8882
Unique identifier
UC139217
Legacy Identifier
CHS-1987.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
15.8 in × 9.7 in at 300dpi
40.3 cm × 24.6 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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