California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

U.S. Coast Survey showing the California coast between Monterey and San Francisco Bay, 1864

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U.S. Coast Survey showing the California coast between Monterey and San Francisco Bay, 1864

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Photograph of a map from a U.S. Coast Survey showing the California coast between Monterey and San Francisco Bay, 1864. At the right of the image are five individual drawings of coastal land masses, all with captions and arranged in a vertical line: the caption on the top one reads, "View of the Entrance to San Francisco Bay Alcatraz N.E. 1/2 E. (by Compass) 12 Miles"; the one below reads, "View Pt. Piedras bearing N. N. W. (Compass) 3 miles"; the one below reads, "View Pt. Ano Nuevo bearig S.E. by E. (Compass) 4 1/2 miles"; the one below reads, "View of Pt. Pinos N.3/4 E. (by compass) 5 Miles"; and the bottom one reads, "View of Pt. Sur bearing N.N. W. 1/4 W. (Compass) 4 miles". Compares to CHS-10000, CHS-10001 and CHS-10002; other maps of California coast from same coast survey.; The map of the coast is at the left of the image, stretching from the upper left corner diagonally to the middle of the bottom of the image, and it includes many place names (from top to bottom): Drake's Bay, San Pablo Bay, Vallejo, Benicia, Suisun Bay, Duxbury Reef, Table Mt., Ballemas Bay, Angel I., Mt. Diablo, Lt. Ho., Pt. Lobos, Alcatraz I, San Francisco, Oakland, Middle, Farallen, San Francisco Bay, Alameda, Pt. San Pedro, Union City, Pillar Pt., Half Moon Bay, Alviso, Black Mt., San Jose, Pigeon Pt., Pt. Ano Nuevo, Mt. Bache, Santa Cruz, Bay of Monterey, Pagaro River, San Jaun, Salinas River, Pt. Pinos, Monterey, Pt. Cypress, Mission of Carmel, Carmel Bay, Pt. Carmel, and Pt. Sur.

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Title U.S. Coast Survey showing the California coast between Monterey and San Francisco Bay, 1864

Subject coastal zones (adlf), coasts (lcsh), Maps -- California (file heading), Monterey County -- General (file heading), Ocean (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place bays: Monterey Bay (geographic subject), bays: San Francisco Bay (geographic subject), California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1864

Type images

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

Date Created 1864

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-m7507

Identifier 10003 (accession number), CHS-10003 (call number), CHS-10003 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7640 (legacy record id), chs-m7507 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13382 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-7634 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7640

Unique identifier UC123490

Legacy Identifier CHS-10003.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.8 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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