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Title
Panoramic view of downtown Los Angeles showing the first Los Angeles City High School, ca.1872
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1872
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 a panoramic view of downtown Los Angeles showing the first Los Angeles City High School, ca.1872. The two-story school can be seen at center on top of a hill with a tower on top, as viewed on Court House Hill from First Street and Hill Street. Other buildings can be seen behind the school, while hills are visible in the distance. The foreground is covered in brush and slopes downwards slightly.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm., 20 x 25 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2518
USC-1-1-1-2580 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-340
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2518
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-340.jpg
Subject
High schools
Los Angeles--General views (1860-1870)
Los Angeles City High School
Schools
Broadway
Educational facilities
Time Period
circa 1872
Place
1st Street
Hill Street
Broadway
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-2-175 [Microfiche number]
340 [Accession number]
CHS-340 [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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