California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Basement of the Chamber of Commerce, showing the exhibit hall from the center, 1936

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Basement of the Chamber of Commerce, showing the exhibit hall from the center, 1936

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Photograph of basement of the Chamber of Commerce, showing the exhibit hall from the center, 1936. In the background at center, a large hexagonal desk can be seen. To the left and right of the desk, large rectangular pillars are visible extending from the floor to the ceiling. Seven pillars are visible on either side, and small rectangular frames can be seen hanging from the center of at least five of the pillars. Above the pillars on the ceiling, rows of circular lights and small sprinklers can be seen. Further to the left and right of the pillars, large rectangular indentations are visible in the walls. Large paintings can be seen beyond the indentations, and a large desk and chair are also visible on the far left side. In the extreme foreground, a large tile floor can be seen covering the entire exhibit floor. In the extreme background at center, twelve rectangular pictures can be seen behind the desk.

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Title Basement of the Chamber of Commerce, showing the exhibit hall from the center, 1936

Subject buildings (adlf), Exhibitions (lcsh), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce (subject), Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1936

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), 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)

Date Created 1936

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-m22832

Identifier 49509 (accession number), CHS-49509 (call number), CHS-49509 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-22288 (legacy record id), chs-m22832 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 22288

Unique identifier UC125153

Legacy Identifier CHS-49509.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 27.9 in × 19.6 in at 300dpi
70.9 cm × 49.8 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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