View of Port Harford wharf, San Luis Obispo County, ca.1905

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Photograph of a view of Port Harford wharf, San Luis Obispo County, ca.1905. At center, the wharf extends across the water that surrounds it. On its left side, a set of railroad tracks can be seen, while at right, individuals walk a set of boards. In the distance, several steam ships can be seen moored to the end of the wharf. Off of the left side, small boats appear unmanned.

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Title View of Port Harford wharf, San Luis Obispo County, ca.1905

Subject Beaches (lcsh), Harbors (lcsh), piers (adlf), San Luis Obispo County -- General -- Ocean views (file heading), Shipping (lcsh), Wharves (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Pismo Beach (city or populated place), San Luis Obispo (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1905

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w. (aacr2), 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 1905

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13933

Identifier 45376 (accession number), CHS-45376 (call number), CHS-45376 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13404 (legacy record id), chs-m13933 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14316 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13404

Unique identifier UC136936

Legacy Identifier CHS-45376.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.7 in × 18.9 in at 300dpi
40.0 cm × 48.0 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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