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Description:: Homes and palm trees underwater in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles. After heavy rains lasting more than 36 hours, between 1200 and 1800 homes in the Venice area were underwater on January 1, 1934.
Date:: [circa Jan. 1, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Four horses harnessed to carts and wearnig blinders, attended by two farm workers wearing trousers, belts, button-down shirts, shoes and hats. The cart on the left carries a water (?) tank and on the right is a plow or other farm equipment. There is a power line and utility pole in the background
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: View towards the Topanga Mineral Springs accommodations, located on N. Topanga Canyon Blvd. at the intersection with Santa Maria Rd.
Date:: [circa 1920-1930]
1920/1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: Ten postcards views including: one view of the main Outside Inn building, six views of cabins at the Outside Inn, one aerial view of Topanga Canyon including the Outside Inn property, and two views of the road wending through Topanga Canyon
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: A pond at Rancho Guajome, used primarily for washing sheep as part of the shearing process.
Date:: [circa 1890-1901]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: A bountiful walnut grove. A sack of walnuts is visible underneath a tree.
Date:: [undated]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: Mountain canyon with bare slopes, devoid of plant life with evidence of former stream activity at the bottom, possibly a hydraulic mining site (?).
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: Upper photo: view of the Pacific Coast Highway looking west towards a lighthouse. The road runs along the shore at right between the calm ocean at left and the steep cliffs at right. The lighthouse consists of a long rectangular building with a tall tower at left. The Santa Monica Mountains are visible in the background.
Date:: 1920/1927
[circa 1920-1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: Man in suit and smoking a cigar stands in front of the La Vina Mutual Water Co. pumping plant, a building constructed of corrugated metal, as water pours out of a pipe that extends out from the building. Mountains with snow are visible in the background
Date:: [between 1898 and 1934]
1898/1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: View down a dirt road towards the town of Avenal which appears as a narrow band of buildings and power poles along the main road through town, with the Santa Lucia mountain range in the background. The buildings appear to be mostly houses, a few businesses and a church on the far right. There is also an oil rig on the center-right side of town. Legible signage in the photograph includes: Golden Rule Shoe Shop, The Republic Supply Co. of California, and H. C. Smith MFG Co.
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

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