California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Steam shovel operations at the United Verde Copper Company in Jerome, Arizona, [s.d.]

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Steam shovel operations at the United Verde Copper Company in Jerome, Arizona, [s.d.]

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Photograph of steam shovel operations at the United Verde Copper Company in Jerome, Arizona, [s.d.]. At center, the steam shovel can be seen from a distance on the second tier of a carved depression in the mountainside, carving out more soil still. Above at right, an industrial building can be seen. Below, at the bottom of the depression, small shacks can be seen. Mountains can be seen in the background.

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Title Steam shovel operations at the United Verde Copper Company in Jerome, Arizona, [s.d.]

Subject mine sites (adlf), Mines and mineral resources (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Arizona (states), Jerome (city or populated place), USA (countries), Yavapai (counties)

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)

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-m22841

Identifier 49349 (accession number), CHS-49349 (call number), CHS-49349 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-22305 (legacy record id), chs-m22841 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 22305

Unique identifier UC125146

Legacy Identifier CHS-49349.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 27.8 in × 19.8 in at 300dpi
70.6 cm × 50.5 cm at 300dpi

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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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