General view of Los Angeles Harbor from a water tower, October 20, 1928

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Photograph of a general view of Los Angeles Harbor from a water tower, October 20, 1928. The curved edge of the water tower is visible in the foreground as the image looks down over the harbor. The long rectangular roof of a warehouse type building can be seen immediately after the outline of the water tower while sign that reads "City of Los Angeles- Berth 232D" is visible on the roof to the right of center. A large ship with an "L" painted on the engine can be seen docked while another ship painted with the words "Dimon Line" floats at the dock on the other side. More boats can be seen on the water in the background while land is visible in the distance.

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Title General view of Los Angeles Harbor from a water tower, October 20, 1928

Subject Docks (lcsh), Harbors (lcsh), Harbors (adlf), Shipping (lcsh), 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 1928-10-20

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 18 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 1928-10-20

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-m22167

Identifier 35884 (accession number), CHS-35884 (call number), CHS-35884 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-21263 (legacy record id), chs-m22167 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 21263

Unique identifier UC134900

Legacy Identifier CHS-35884.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.8 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
47.9 cm × 33.8 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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