California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Drawing depicting Sacramento in 1849, showing Sam Brannan's hotel and warehouse, [s.d.]

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Drawing depicting Sacramento in 1849, showing Sam Brannan's hotel and warehouse, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a drawing depicting Sacramento in 1849, showing Sam Brannan's hotel and warehouse, [s.d.]. A large tree is pictured at center, beneath which a covered wagon and the silhouettes of several people can be seen. To the right, donkey- and ox-drawn wagons make their way to the left, while buildings comprise the town in the background.; Legible signs from left to right include: "City Hotel", "C.M.P. Co.", "Eagle Theater", and "S. Brannan & Co.".; Photoprint reads: "Sacramento 1849, from a newspaper of that date. This is the first group of buildings up along the river and marked the beginning of the transfer of activities from Sutters Fort to the Waterfront. Hotel and warehouse belonged to S. Brannan & Co."

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Title Drawing depicting Sacramento in 1849, showing Sam Brannan's hotel and warehouse, [s.d.]

Subject Brannan, Sam (subject), cities (adlf), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Sacramento County -- General views -- Illustrations (file heading), Sam Brannan's Hotel (subject), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), art (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)

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-m8319

Identifier 7814 (accession number), CHS-7814 (call number), CHS-7814 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8638 (legacy record id), chs-m8319 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-8451 (legacy record id), 1-44- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8638

Unique identifier UC138257

Legacy Identifier CHS-7814.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.3 in × 15.6 in at 300dpi
51.7 cm × 39.7 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

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