California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior view of the front of the Wawona Hotel in Yosemite, 1885-1895

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Exterior view of the front of the Wawona Hotel in Yosemite, 1885-1895

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Photograph of an exterior view of the front of the Wawona Hotel in Yosemite, 1885-1895. The hotel is a large, light-colored, two-story building at center. It has a wrap-around porch and balcony, and there are large sun shades on the balcony. A massive awning covers the entryway, and above the awning are a flag pole and a sign that bears the name of the hotel. An open horse-drawn carriage is parked in front of the hotel. The hotel is reflected in a small pond in the foreground.

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Title Exterior view of the front of the Wawona Hotel in Yosemite, 1885-1895

Subject buildings (adlf), Carriages and carts (lcsh), Fountains (lcsh), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Natural features -- Parks -- Yosemite -- Hotels (file heading), Parks (lcsh), Ponds (lcsh), Tourist trade (lcsh), Wawona Hotel (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Tuolumne (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1885/1895

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (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)

Date Created 1885/1895

Creator Rieder, M. (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-m8886

Identifier 14253 (accession number), CHS-14253 (call number), CHS-14253 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-9246 (legacy record id), chs-m8886 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-9021 (legacy record id), 1-60-90 (microfiche number), 1-60-91 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 9246

Unique identifier UC138865

Legacy Identifier CHS-14253.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.4 in × 12.3 in at 300dpi
41.8 cm × 31.2 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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