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Surf breaking on rocks at Point Fermin, San Pedro, July 1903
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Surf breaking on rocks at Point Fermin, San Pedro, July 1903

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Photograph of surf breaking on rocks at Point Fermin, San Pedro, July 1903. In the foreground, waves break violently against a craggy rock flat. In the left distance, a taller stand of rock is visible in the middle of the water that fills the rest of the image. Photoprint reads "Shirley V. Bacon, Long Beach, Cal". 
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Title Surf breaking on rocks at Point Fermin, San Pedro, July 1903 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1903-07 
Subject Lighthouses  (lcsh), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Point Fermin and Point Fermin Lighthouse  (file heading), reference locations  (adlf), San Pedro / Wilmington (LA) Architecture, Public Buildings  (file heading) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), San Pedro (city or populated place), USA (countries) 
Temporal Subject 1903-07 
Type images
Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 7 x 14 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat) 
Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection) 
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-m18599 
Identifier 44541 (accession number), CHS-44541 (call number), CHS-44541 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-15895 (legacy record id), chs-m18599 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14363 (legacy record id), USC (project), 32727 (unidentified no.) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 15895 
Unique identifier UC135443 
Legacy Identifier CHS-44541.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 22.3 in × 16.4 in at 300dpi
56.8 cm × 41.8 cm at 300dpi 
Inherited Values
Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 
Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others. 
Date Created 1860/1960 
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