Genre: black-and-white photographs / Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Exterior view of the mortuary with three palm trees on 7th street. A sign on the street curb reads: 7th street. A sign above a window reads: memorial chapel. The Santa Monica location of Todd and Leslie listed in some online obituary notices is 1307 7th street.
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: Exterior view of San Miguel Arcangel from the southeast, showing an arcade supporting a tile roof (left) and the church (right). Over one of the arches is written "San Miguel Mission" and "1797." A bell suspended from a wooden frame is visible in front of the church wall (right).
Resource Type:: still image
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:: The inn was located at the intersection of the Pacific Coast Highway and Las Flores Canyon Road, just east of the guarded Rindge Ranch fence (which prevented westward development beyond Las Flores Canyon Road at this time).
Date:: 1915
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: View facing east down fifth street toward the Southern Pacific Arcade Depot. A Blue Line streetcar is visible near the Depot far down the street. Utility poles line the dirt street and tracks on both sides. In the background, a building at right has a sign on it reading "Narcisse House". The Depot building dominates the background at left.
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

Description:: The Mission of San Antonio de Padua is located in the valley of the San Antonio River along the Santa Lucia Mountains. From 1893, after the roof tiles were removed, there was no roof over the church or the arcade walkway until a 1903-1908 restoration. The photograph shows the arcade with no roof and a wooden roof over the church and may therefore show the church during the restoration
Date:: [circa 1906]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: Kneen’s Kamp, built by Thomas W. (Bill) Kneen in 1916, was a resort located on Topanga Canyon Boulevard near Robinson Road. The camp operated until the mid- 1920's.
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: View across athletic field towards school with tower and dome behind fence. Two bicycles are visible on the right, against the fence
Date:: [between 1898 and 1934]
1898/1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

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