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California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Man setting up telescope equipment on a hill, [s.d.]
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Man setting up telescope equipment on a hill, [s.d.]
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Description
Photograph of a man setting up telescope equipment on a hill, [s.d.]. At the left, the wall of a building can be partially seen, while to the center, a bearded man in a porkpie hat can be seen adjusting one of two mirror arrays. Mountains can be seen in the right distance.
Asset Metadata
Title
Man setting up telescope equipment on a hill, [s.d.]
Subject
Astronomical instruments
(lcsh),
research facilities
(adlf),
Telescopes
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 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)
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
(photographer)
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-m22550
Identifier
49139 (
accession number
), CHS-49139 (
call number
), CHS-49139 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-21642 (
legacy record id
), chs-m22550 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
21642
Unique identifier
UC125535
Legacy Identifier
CHS-49139.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
29.2 in × 20.0 in at 300dpi
74.3 cm × 51.0 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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