Image: Clearwater (later Paramont) School (CHS-2163)

Description: Clearwater (later Paramont) School Photograph of the School at Clearwater (later Paramount) with about 45 children and teachers standing (or sitting) in front or on the front stairs or in the entryway. The squarish 2-story wooden Victorian building has a square tower whose roof comes to a point and is supported by a series of round columns is directly over the main entry. The schoolyard is enclosed by a wooden fence on the right. The landscape is devoid of plants of any significant size.; "Clearwater -- A farming settlement and post office in Los Angeles County, about 3 miles from the town of Compton, the nearest telegraph and express. Population of the settlement is about 200. Henry harrison, Postmaster and general store." -- City Directory (1892). Call number: CHS-2163 Photographer: Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 Filename: CHS-2163 Coverage date: circa 1898/1900 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Format: glass plate negatives Type: images Geographic subject (city or populated place): Paramount Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number: 2163 Microfiche number: 1-18-30 Archival file: chs_Volume92/CHS-2163.tiff Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): educational facilities Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: circa 1898/1900 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): photographs Geographic subject (state): California Subject (file heading): Los Angeles County -- Paramount Legacy record ID: chs-m15339; USC-1-1-1-6075 Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Geographic subject (county): Los Angeles Subject (lcsh): Schools; Children
Title: Clearwater (later Paramont) School (CHS-2163)
Credit: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/14169
Author: Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No