California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Roadside near Santa Monica shoreline, showing large cliff to the right, [s.d.]

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Roadside near Santa Monica shoreline, showing large cliff to the right, [s.d.]

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Photograph of roadside near Santa Monica shoreline, showing large cliff to the right, [s.d.]. In the extreme foreground to the left, a small strip of road can be seen running adjacent to sand and vegetation. Further left, a flat cliff-face is visible beside the road with a small fence bordering the top. A similar fence can be seen running along the road to the right. To the right of fence near center, two small palm trees among various vegetation can be seen. Further to the right, a cliff with a rounded peak is visible. In the extreme background to the right, ocean waves hitting against the shore can be seen. Further in the background along the ocean, a large pier structure is visible beside a rectangular object. In the extreme background along the road, two vertical poles holding roadway signs can be seen.

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Title Roadside near Santa Monica shoreline, showing large cliff to the right, [s.d.]

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Subject Beaches (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

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)

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-m22854

Identifier 49515 (accession number), CHS-49515 (call number), CHS-49515 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-22329 (legacy record id), chs-m22854 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 22329

Unique identifier UC125165

Legacy Identifier CHS-49515.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 27.1 in × 19.4 in at 300dpi
69.0 cm × 49.3 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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