California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of Avalon Harbor with a steamer at the dock, ca.1908

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View of Avalon Harbor with a steamer at the dock, ca.1908

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Photograph of a view of Avalon Harbor with a steamer at the dock, ca.1908. The harbor is at center and a large steamer is moored at a dock at right. Several smaller sailing vessels can be seen in the water at left. Large hills surround the harbor. In the foreground, large bushes and cactus plants are visible. The city of Avalon can be seen at right and is composed of a number of small wooden buildings.

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Title View of Avalon Harbor with a steamer at the dock, ca.1908

Subject Boats and boating (lcsh), Harbors (lcsh), Harbors (adlf), Islands (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Catalina -- General (file heading), Steamboats (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Avalon (city or populated place), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1908

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (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

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5619

Identifier 32858 (accession number), CHS-32858 (call number), CHS-32858 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-26137 (legacy record id), chs-m5619 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-5736 (legacy record id), USC (project), 3824 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 26137

Unique identifier UC129640

Legacy Identifier CHS-32858.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.5 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
52.1 cm × 41.4 cm at 300dpi

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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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