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Title
California State Reform School at Whittier, ca.1901
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1901
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of the exterior of the California State Reform (Industrial) School in Whittier, ca.1901. The four-story brick building has a round pointed cupola on one corner, a tall square clock tower with round turret on one of its corners. Over the main door is the name "State Reform School. A man is standing on the covered entry porch near a horsedrawn carriage standing in front of the school. A few plants are visible in the foreground.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographs
Identifier
chs-m6774
USC-1-1-1-6888 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1157
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m6774
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1157.jpg
Subject
California State Reform School
Los Angeles County--Whittier--Architecture--Schools
Schools
Educational facilities
Time Period
circa 1901
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Whittier
Source
1-58-1 [Microfiche number]
1157 [Accession number]
CHS-1157 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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