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Description:: Photograph of a house on Spring Street, Los Angeles known as the "Rose Cottage" due to a giant rose bush covering half of it. This is the residence of Mrs. Barclay. A palm fills the yard on the other side. The house had an address change from 647 South Spring to 747 South Spring.
Date:: [circa 1885]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Ellis
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: C. C. Pierce made several photographs of stately Victorian residences on Figueroa Street between 1880 and 1890. The scale of the homes and the landscaping in this photograph is entirely consistent with the Figueroa images.
Date:: [circa 1880-1890]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: Pershing Square from Normal School (6th Street and Hill Street), Los Angeles. Also visible are the First Baptist Church, Saint Vincent College, and the Episcopal Cathedral.
Date:: [circa 1884]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: View of Pershing Square taken at Normal School. Visible buildings include First Baptist Church, Saint Vincent College, and the Episcopal Cathedral.
Date:: [circa 1884]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: Two old palms on San Pedro Street, with an old well between them, on the property of Sheriff Hummel. A house is visible in the background and the shadow of another building is in the right foreground.
Date:: [circa 1885]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: Photograph of a panoramic view looking south from First Street and Hill Street toward Broadway. Visible buildings include City Hall (tall tower at right), First Presbyterian Church (spire at center right), numerous commercial and residential buildings. Trees are in the foreground. Legible signs include: "Crescent Coal Co.", "A.H. Neidig, real estate, [...] city [...] Pasadena [...] office"..., "Pirtle R.E. and T. Co., real estate, [...]onds"..., "Cass & S[...]er Stove Co., [...], stoves"..., "B. Sens & Son, merchant tailors, entrance on Broadway".
Date:: [circa 1882-1895]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: An aerial image depicts the Los Angeles State Normal School, located on Normal Hill, at Grand Avenue and 5th Street. Pershing Square would be developed just south of the street along the bottom of the photograph.
Date:: [between 1883 and 1919]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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