U.S. Coast Survey showing the California coast from the Santa Barbara Channel to Point Gorda, 1864

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Title U.S. Coast Survey showing the California coast from the Santa Barbara Channel to Point Gorda, 1864

Description Photograph of a map from a U.S. Coast Survey showing the California coast from the Santa Barbara Channel to Point Gorda, 1864. There are five drawings of coastal rock outcroppings or mountains: the first is in the center of the picture at the top and its caption reads, "View of Piedra Blancas W. 3/4 N. (Compass) 4 miles"; the picture directly below that reads, "View of Moro Rock, Estero Bay, N. by E. (Compass) 10 miles"; the one below that reads, "View of Pt. Sal bearing N. by W. (Compass) 4 miles"; the one below that reads, "View of pt. Arguello bearing S.S.E. (Compass) 4 miles"; and the one to the right of that reads, "Lt. Ho. Pt. Concepcion View Pt.". This image compares to CHS-10000, CHS-10001 and CHS-10003; other maps of California coast from same coast survey.; The map shows the coast reaching diagonally across the image from the upper left to the bottom right corner, and includes many place names (from left to right): Point Gorda, Piearas Blancas, San Simeon, Estero Bay, Moro Rock, Pt. Buchon, Monte del Buchon, Pt. San Luis, San Luis Obispo, Pt. Sal, Pt. Purisima, Pt. Arguello, Pt. Concepcion, Lt. Ho., San Miguel, Cuyler's Harbor, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Lt. House, Santa Barbara, Mission, prisoner's Harbor, Anacapa, Pt. Heuneme, Buenaventura, lguna, Pt. Mugu, Santa Clara River, Mission of San Fernando, Pt. Duma, Bahia Oua, San Pedro. There is also a long caption in the upper right corner but it is unreadable as it is cut in half.

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

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1864

Subject coastal zones (adlf), coasts (lcsh), Maps -- California (file heading)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), capes: Point Gorda (geographic subject), channels: Santa Barbara Channel (geographic subject), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1864

Type images, maps

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), maps (aat), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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)

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-m13230

Identifier 10002 (accession number), CHS-10002 (call number), CHS-10002 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12739 (legacy record id), chs-m13230 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13383 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12739

Unique identifier UC134933

Legacy Identifier CHS-10002.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 35.0 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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