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C.C. Pierce Collection of Photographs
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C.C. Pierce Negative Collection
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This collection consists of 39 glass negatives, 21 film negatives, and 34 copy prints and original prints related to the Charles C. Pierce family and photography business. This is a miscellaneous group of images depicting various family members and scenes (many unidentified) as well as two views of the interior and exterior of the Pierce business (PI-CO) at 1572 W. Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, and Pierce's home in Springfield, Massachusetts. Also included are two images of C.C. Pierce posing with the Ybarra family, as well as several images of Hattie Gower Pierce, C.C. Pierce's wife and business partner. Several photographs dating from approximately 1890s-1910s include: people posed outside the "Glenwood Hotel, East Los Angeles, 119 Dailey [or Daly] St., W. of N. Broadway / Mrs. Dan Jones, Prop., Dr. Harry Fasic, Dr. D.K. Carson, Mr. Stiff." Also "Gower residence, 349 E. Edgeware Rd., Los Angeles"; group portrait in front of "Watts Presbyterian Church, Shorb Avenue" [Los Angeles or Alhambra?]; East Los Angeles Congregational Church interior; people in a camp wagon having a picnic; and a bird's-eye-view of a tourist tent village on Catalina Island. Besides Pierce relatives, other names identified are Spangler and Gower family members; Marie Lucile Spangler marrying Gerard Nicholson; Miss Susan Croswell at her 100th birthday party with members of the Wilton, Bryan and Croswell families.
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Copy negatives: photCL Pierce 0031 - 1099 (not inclusive)
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The C.C. Pierce collection constitutes one of the most important collections of historical photographs of early California and Los Angeles extant. The collection of 10,100 prints was assembled by Charles C. Pierce, a photographer and long-time operator of a thriving Los Angeles photographic business. The collection is divided into nine topical headings devised by Pierce; these include Los Angeles Historical; Indians; Missions; California cities, counties, etc.; Industries and Agriculture; Transportation; Natural History; Art and Architecture; and Miscellaneous Scenery. Within these large sections are smaller categories that focus on the history, landscape, people, civic and cultural events, built environment, and development of Southern California and the Southwest from approximately 1845-1930. Of particular interest are the various Indian tribes depicted as well as all twenty-one of the California Missions.
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Copy negatives: photCL Pierce 6350 - 7999 (not inclusive)
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The C.C. Pierce collection constitutes one of the most important collections of historical photographs of early California and Los Angeles extant. The collection of 10,100 prints was assembled by Charles C. Pierce, a photographer and long-time operator of a thriving Los Angeles photographic business. The collection is divided into nine topical headings devised by Pierce; these include Los Angeles Historical; Indians; Missions; California cities, counties, etc.; Industries and Agriculture; Transportation; Natural History; Art and Architecture; and Miscellaneous Scenery. Within these large sections are smaller categories that focus on the history, landscape, people, civic and cultural events, built environment, and development of Southern California and the Southwest from approximately 1845-1930. Of particular interest are the various Indian tribes depicted as well as all twenty-one of the California Missions.
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Copy negatives: photCL Pierce 4800 - 6349 (not inclusive)
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The C.C. Pierce collection constitutes one of the most important collections of historical photographs of early California and Los Angeles extant. The collection of 10,100 prints was assembled by Charles C. Pierce, a photographer and long-time operator of a thriving Los Angeles photographic business. The collection is divided into nine topical headings devised by Pierce; these include Los Angeles Historical; Indians; Missions; California cities, counties, etc.; Industries and Agriculture; Transportation; Natural History; Art and Architecture; and Miscellaneous Scenery. Within these large sections are smaller categories that focus on the history, landscape, people, civic and cultural events, built environment, and development of Southern California and the Southwest from approximately 1845-1930. Of particular interest are the various Indian tribes depicted as well as all twenty-one of the California Missions.
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Copy negatives: photCL Pierce 8000 - 8979 (not inclusive)
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The C.C. Pierce collection constitutes one of the most important collections of historical photographs of early California and Los Angeles extant. The collection of 10,100 prints was assembled by Charles C. Pierce, a photographer and long-time operator of a thriving Los Angeles photographic business. The collection is divided into nine topical headings devised by Pierce; these include Los Angeles Historical; Indians; Missions; California cities, counties, etc.; Industries and Agriculture; Transportation; Natural History; Art and Architecture; and Miscellaneous Scenery. Within these large sections are smaller categories that focus on the history, landscape, people, civic and cultural events, built environment, and development of Southern California and the Southwest from approximately 1845-1930. Of particular interest are the various Indian tribes depicted as well as all twenty-one of the California Missions.
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Copy negatives: photCL Pierce 2630 - 4799 (not inclusive)
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The C.C. Pierce collection constitutes one of the most important collections of historical photographs of early California and Los Angeles extant. The collection of 10,100 prints was assembled by Charles C. Pierce, a photographer and long-time operator of a thriving Los Angeles photographic business. The collection is divided into nine topical headings devised by Pierce; these include Los Angeles Historical; Indians; Missions; California cities, counties, etc.; Industries and Agriculture; Transportation; Natural History; Art and Architecture; and Miscellaneous Scenery. Within these large sections are smaller categories that focus on the history, landscape, people, civic and cultural events, built environment, and development of Southern California and the Southwest from approximately 1845-1930. Of particular interest are the various Indian tribes depicted as well as all twenty-one of the California Missions.
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