California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Drawing of San Francisco and the bay in 1852, showing water of the bay reaching back to Montgomery Street

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Drawing of San Francisco and the bay in 1852, showing water of the bay reaching back to Montgomery Street

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Photograph of a drawing of San Francisco and the bay in 1852, as seen from the west, showing water of the bay reaching back to Montgomery Street. Grids of city blocks occupy most of the area near the by. Some homes and buildings were built along the mountains or hills. Ships, many of which have sails, travel through the bay. A man, woman, two children and a dog are traveling up the hilly path (foreground at right).

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Title Drawing of San Francisco and the bay in 1852, showing water of the bay reaching back to Montgomery Street

Subject bays (adlf), Boats and boating (lcsh), buildings (lcsh), Ocean (lcsh), San Francisco County -- Golden Gate and Bay (file heading), ships (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), San Francisco (city or populated place), San Francisco (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1852

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.; 1 photoprint : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. (aacr2), art (aat), 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 1852

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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9085

Identifier 6166 (accession number), CHS-6166 (call number), CHS-6166 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-9358 (legacy record id), chs-m9085 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-9223 (legacy record id), 1-48- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 9358

Unique identifier UC139203

Legacy Identifier CHS-6166.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.0 in × 11.1 in at 300dpi
45.7 cm × 28.3 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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