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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Portrait of Isaac N. Van Nuys, one of the developers of the south half of the San Fernando Valley, California, [s.d.]
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Portrait of Isaac N. Van Nuys, one of the developers of the south half of the San Fernando Valley, California, [s.d.]
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Description
Photographic portrait of Isaac N. Van Nuys, one of the developers of the south half of the San Fernando Valley, California, [s.d.]. Mr. Van Nuys is pictured here in bust, looking straight ahead. His short-trimmed beard has silvered, although it looks well-attended-to. He wears what appears to be a dark, wool suit, as well as a bowtie. The hair on his head is also short-trimmed, and is parted at left.; Photoprint reads: "Isaac Newlin Van Nuys came from San Francisco to join with his friend Isaac Lankershim in the development of the San Fernando Valley. Under their guidance it became a vast wheat ranch".
Asset Metadata
Title
Portrait of Isaac N. Van Nuys, one of the developers of the south half of the San Fernando Valley, California, [s.d.]
Subject
Portraits -- V
(file heading),
Van Nuys, Isaac Newton
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
San Fernando Valley
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 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)
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17809
Identifier
6644 (
accession number
), CHS-6644 (
call number
), CHS-6644 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-17794 (
legacy record id
), chs-m17809 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-13981 (
legacy record id
), 1-49-91 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
17794
Unique identifier
UC113206
Legacy Identifier
CHS-6644.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
14.1 in × 17.9 in at 300dpi
35.9 cm × 45.5 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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