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California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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San Pedro breakwater with wooden rails in the foreground, [s.d.]
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San Pedro breakwater with wooden rails in the foreground, [s.d.]
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Description
Photograph of a San Pedro breakwater with wooden rails in the foreground, [s.d.]. A small boat in the center foreground floats tied to the wooden rails which stand over the water in the foreground. Jagged rocks form the breakwater which reaches from the right foreground to the left distance. Electrical poles stand along the breakwater and continue to the land across the background.
Asset Metadata
Title
San Pedro breakwater with wooden rails in the foreground, [s.d.]
Subject
Breakwaters
(lcsh),
Breakwaters
(adlf),
Breakwaters -- Design and construction
(lcsh),
Engineering
(lcsh),
Harbors
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- San Pedro -- Wilmington -- General Views
(file heading),
Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Engineering -- Breakwater
(file heading),
Railroad bridges
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
San Pedro
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 9 x 14 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)
Contributor
Wannamaker, Marc
(donor)
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18590
Identifier
44535 (
accession number
), CHS-44535 (
call number
), CHS-44535 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-18491 (
legacy record id
), chs-m18590 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14364 (
legacy record id
), 1-50-9 (
microfiche number
), 85-5-14 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
18491
Unique identifier
UC135462
Legacy Identifier
CHS-44535.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
22.4 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
56.8 cm × 34.6 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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