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Title
Pershing Square and area, looking east from Fifth Street and Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1888-1890
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1888/1890
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 Pershing Square and area, looking east from Fifth Street and Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1888-1890, from the old Normal School. Large and small houses are separated from the sidewalk and street by picket fences along the dirt street in the foreground. Three churches and numerous other buildings, most of which are residential, are visible in the cityscape in the background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
13 x 21 cm., 20 x 25 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m3660
USC-1-1-1-3736 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3234
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3660
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3234.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Parks--Pershing Square (Central Park)
Parks
Buildings
Pershing Square
Residential sites
Time Period
circa 1888/1890
Place
5th Street & Olive Street
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-13-13 [Microfiche number]
3234 [Accession number]
CHS-3234 [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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