California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Rear Admiral Robley Evans' torpedo flotilla entering San Pedro Harbor, ca.1908

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Rear Admiral Robley Evans' torpedo flotilla entering San Pedro Harbor, ca.1908

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Photograph of Rear Admiral Robley Evans' torpedo flotilla entering San Pedro Harbor, ca.1908. Four large destroyers are moving in a column from the distance at right to the foreground at left. They are all steamships with several smokestacks and large masts with flags. Several smaller boats are lined up on either side of the formation of military vessels. A long breakwater and Dead Man's Island are visible in the background. The Torpedo Flotilla was composed of several destroyers and accompanied the Great White Fleet from Hampton Roads to San Francisco.

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Title Rear Admiral Robley Evans' torpedo flotilla entering San Pedro Harbor, ca.1908

Subject Docks (lcsh), Harbors (lcsh), Harbors (adlf), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Los Angeles Harbor -- General views -- 1900's -- 2 of 2 (file heading), ships (lcsh), Wharves (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), San Pedro (city or populated place), USA (countries), Wilmington (city or populated place)

Temporal Subject 1908

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1908

Contributor Hauck, Ed (contributor)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4480

Identifier 14171 (accession number), CHS-14171 (call number), CHS-14171 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5136 (legacy record id), chs-m4480 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-4576 (legacy record id), 1-50- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5136

Unique identifier UC126550

Legacy Identifier CHS-14171.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.1 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
51.2 cm × 41.0 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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