Large cargo ships docked at a harbor, [s.d.]

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Photograph of large cargo ships docked at a harbor, [s.d.]. Boats are lined up along a wharf while the water runs from the left foreground to the right background. A ship is visible to the right while large wooden crates carrying cargo are visible on a railroad car. Two sets of tracks can be seen embedded in the paved ground that makes up the right side of the harbor while the side of a long building that looks like a warehouse is visible.

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Title Large cargo ships docked at a harbor, [s.d.]

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)

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)

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-m22163

Identifier 35879 (accession number), CHS-35879 (call number), CHS-35879 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-21259 (legacy record id), chs-m22163 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 21259

Unique identifier UC134903

Legacy Identifier CHS-35879.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.8 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
47.8 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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