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Map of southern California coast line made by Lieutenant R. S. Williams, a U.S. topological engineer, 1853
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Map of southern California coast line made by Lieutenant R. S. Williams, a U.S. topological engineer, 1853
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Description
Photograph of a map of southern California coast line made by Lieutenant R. S. Williams, a U.S. topological engineer, 1853. The map shows the southern california coast, rivers that empty out into the Earthquake Bay, major cities along the coast, and nearby islands off the coast.
Asset Metadata
Title
Map of southern California coast line made by Lieutenant R. S. Williams, a U.S. topological engineer, 1853
Subject
coasts
(lcsh),
Maps -- California
(file heading),
Williamson, Lieutenant R. S.
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1853
Type
images
,
maps
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
maps
(aat),
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
1853
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
(photographer),
Williams, Lt. R.S., cartographer
(creator)
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13232
Identifier
8315 (
accession number
), CHS-8315 (
call number
), CHS-8315 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-12741 (
legacy record id
), chs-m13232 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-13385 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
12741
Unique identifier
UC136097
Legacy Identifier
CHS-8315.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.0 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.4 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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