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Title
Seal of the City of Los Angeles of 1781
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1781
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 Seal of the City of Los Angeles of 1781. A shield divided into five sections is encircled with three types of branches with fruit and the designation: "City of Los Angeles, founded 1781". Each shield section contains one of: an American flag, a star over a bear, an eagle with a snake in its beak, a castle, a lion.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
20 x 25 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m3099
USC-1-1-1-3171 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4966
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3099
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4966.jpg
Subject
General history
Insignia
Los Angeles--Historical
Time Period
1781
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-22-4 [Microfiche number]
4966 [Accession number]
CHS-4966 [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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