California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Catalina Island harbor, showing guardrail of ship in extreme foreground, November 11, 1927

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Catalina Island harbor, showing guardrail of ship in extreme foreground, November 11, 1927

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Photograph of Catalina Island harbor, showing guardrail of ship in extreme foreground, November 11, 1927. In the extreme foreground at center, the deck of a ship can be seen extending from left to right. A guardrail can also be seen attached to the ship. In the extreme background at left, the large landmass of Catalina Island can be seen. Along the shore, a few structures can be seen on the left and right. To the far right, a large cylindrically-shaped building holding the casino is visible. Ocean surrounds the island.

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Title Catalina Island harbor, showing guardrail of ship in extreme foreground, November 11, 1927

Subject Boats and boating (lcsh), Harbors (lcsh), Harbors (adlf), Islands (lcsh), Steamboats (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Avalon (city or populated place), California (states), islands: Santa Catalina Island (geographic subject), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1927-11-11

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 1927-11-11

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

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-m24263

Identifier 49664 (accession number), CHS-49664 (call number), CHS-49664 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-23533 (legacy record id), chs-m24263 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 23533

Unique identifier UC124267

Legacy Identifier CHS-49664.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 28.0 in × 19.8 in at 300dpi
71.1 cm × 50.3 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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