California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Interior view of the Sinai Temple, later the Welsh Presbyterian Church, 1909

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Interior view of the Sinai Temple, later the Welsh Presbyterian Church, 1909

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Photograph of an interior view of the Sinai Temple, later the Welsh Presbyterian Church, 1909. Four chairs stand behind the pulpit at center with a large pipe organ on a balcony above them. An intricate archway stands over the front stage while flowers stand at its front and flags stand at either side. Seats are in rows in the foreground. A bright chandelier hangs from the tall ceiling. Donated by Jim Lewis.

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Title Interior view of the Sinai Temple, later the Welsh Presbyterian Church, 1909

Subject Churches (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Churches -- Presbyterian (file heading), Los Angeles -- Churches -- Presbyterian (file heading), religious facilities (adlf), Sinai Temple (subject), Synagogues (lcsh), Welsh Presbyterian Church (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), New Welsh Presbyterian Church (manmade features), Sinai Temple (manmade features), USA (countries)

Geocoordinate 33.74213,-118.39825 (point), 34.02658,-118.50695 (point), 34.08008,-118.16521 (point), 34.32215,-118.47777 (point)

Temporal Subject 1909

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 25 x 20 cm. (aacr2), 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 1909

Creator Lewis, Jim (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-m935

Identifier 41296 (accession number), CHS-41296 (call number), CHS-41296 (filename), isla id: S-4559 (identifying number), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8845 (legacy record id), chs-m935 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-939 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8845

Unique identifier UC138952

Legacy Identifier CHS-41296.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.4 in × 20.3 in at 300dpi
41.7 cm × 51.6 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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