California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Richfield Building, 555 South Flower Street, November 26, 1957

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Richfield Building, 555 South Flower Street, November 26, 1957

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Richfield Building, 555 South Flower Street, November 26, 1957. Two streets intersect at center with small trees shading their sidewalks. Two men walk along the sidewalk at the corner where the Richfield Building stands. The building is massive with dark tiles coating its outer walks. Displays can be seen inthe lightly-colored windows at street level. Automobiles drive along the street in the foreground while more large buildings stand in the background to the left and right.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.

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Title Richfield Building, 555 South Flower Street, November 26, 1957

Subject Atlantic Richfield Company (subject), buildings (adlf), buildings (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General -- Richfield Company (file heading), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General #7 (file heading), Petroleum industry and trade (lcsh), Richfield Corporation (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 555 South Flower Street (roadway), California (states), Downtown Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Richfield Building (manmade features), Richfield Oil Corporation (manmade features), USA (countries)

Geocoordinate 34.04915,-118.25649 (point), 34.05017,-118.25571 (point), 34.05026,-118.25721 (point), 34.05073,-118.2565 (point)

Temporal Subject 1957-11-26

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 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 1957-11-26

Creator Richfield Oil Corporation (photographer), Richfield Oil Corporation Public Relations Department (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

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m960

Identifier 44094 (accession number), CHS-44094 (call number), CHS-44094 (filename), isla id: S-4582 (identifying number), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8868 (legacy record id), chs-m960 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-963 (legacy record id), USC (project), 7-213-2 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8868

Unique identifier UC138959

Legacy Identifier CHS-44094.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.2 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
51.5 cm × 41.5 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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