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 right, 1936

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

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Photograph of basement of the Chamber of Commerce, showing the exhibit hall from the right, 1936. In the foreground at left, a large rectangular pillar can be seen stretching from the ceiling to the floor of the exhibit room. Six additional pillars parallel to the rectangular pillar are visible extending at an angle into the background. Another row of pillars is also visible in the background to the far left. In the foreground to the far right, a large rectangular opening is visible in the wall unit. The floor of the exhibit room appears to be covered in tile extending from the foreground to the extreme background. Murals and paintings are visible along the walls of the room. In the background at center, a large, curved desk can be seen. Along the ceiling of the room, a row of circular lights can be seen extending from the foreground into the extreme background. Additionally rows of small fire sprinklers flank the lights on both sides.

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Title Basement of the Chamber of Commerce, showing the exhibit hall from the right, 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-m22784

Identifier 49508 (accession number), CHS-49508 (call number), CHS-49508 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-22168 (legacy record id), chs-m22784 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 22168

Unique identifier UC125147

Legacy Identifier CHS-49508.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 28.1 in × 19.6 in at 300dpi
71.3 cm × 49.9 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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