California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Close-up view of Methodist Episcopal Church at 8th and Hope Streets, April 1927

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Close-up view of Methodist Episcopal Church at 8th and Hope Streets, April 1927

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Photograph of close-up view of Methodist Episcopal Church at 8th and Hope Streets, 1923-1929. At center, the large church sits at the corner of an intersection. In the foreground to the left, a line of cars can be seen parked alongside the large structure. To the right, five people can be seen walking along the arched columns of the building. Above the columns, three decorative windows can be seen. On the left side, three large, arched windows can be seen. A decorative border can be seen running along the roof of the rectangular structure. At center, the bell tower of the church can be seen rising above the rest of the structure. In the background, additional buildings can be seen. Compares to CHS-36943.

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Title Close-up view of Methodist Episcopal Church at 8th and Hope Streets, April 1927

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1927-04

Subject Churches (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Churches -- Methodist Episcopal (file heading), Los Angeles -- Churches -- Methodist Episcopal (file heading), Methodist Episcopal Church (subject), religious facilities (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 8th Street & Hope Street (roadway), California (states), Downtown Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Methodist Episcopal Church (manmade features), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1927-04

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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)

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-m926

Identifier 41292 (accession number), CHS-41292 (call number), CHS-41292 (filename), isla id: S-4533 (identifying number), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8836 (legacy record id), chs-m926 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-930 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8836

Unique identifier UC138937

Legacy Identifier CHS-41292.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 22.5 in × 15.7 in at 300dpi
57.3 cm × 39.9 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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