California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Painting by Einar Corsten Petersen, depicting "Spaniards taking possession of land", [s.d.]

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Painting by Einar Corsten Petersen, depicting "Spaniards taking possession of land", [s.d.]

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Photograph of a painting by Einar Corsten Petersen, depicting "Spaniards taking possession of land", [s.d.]. Two conquistadors are pictured astride their horses mounted at the top of a hill at center, while still more spread out down and around the hill, waving their banners. Water and mountains are visible in the background below. Back of photoprint also reads "Spaniards taking possession of country.".

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Title Painting by Einar Corsten Petersen, depicting "Spaniards taking possession of land", [s.d.]

Subject Art (lcsh), Art -- Peterson, Einar (file heading), Plains (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 19 x 25 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), negatives (photographic) (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)

Creator Petersen, Einar Corsten (artist), Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18017

Identifier 7784 (accession number), CHS-7784 (call number), CHS-7784 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18049 (legacy record id), chs-m18017 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14104 (legacy record id), 1-22- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18049

Unique identifier UC113620

Legacy Identifier CHS-7784.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.8 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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