Large boat, the "St. Helena", on the Napa River, ca. 1900

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Photograph of large boat, the "St. Helena", on the Napa River, ca. 1900. In the foreground at left, a cluster of branches and vegetation can be seen. In the background, the Napa River is visible extending from left to right. At center, a large boat can be seen. The boat consists of three levels with several windows lining the sides. Three masts can be seen on the ship near a central smokestack. To the far left, two small lifeboats can be seen near the top deck. An additional lifeboat can be seen in the water with two people. Additional people can be seen on the bottom deck of the ship. Further in the background at right, a small wooden building can be seen on a pier above the water.

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Title Large boat, the "St. Helena", on the Napa River, ca. 1900

Subject Boats and boating (lcsh), Napa County -- Napa Valley and Saint Helena (file heading), rivers (adlf), rivers (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Napa (counties), St. Helena (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1900

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-m7640

Identifier 42333 (accession number), CHS-42333 (call number), CHS-42333 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7879 (legacy record id), chs-m7640 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-7769 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7879

Unique identifier UC123593

Legacy Identifier CHS-42333.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.8 in × 16.4 in at 300dpi
52.8 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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