California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Cotton bales being pulled along a wharf in Los Angeles Harbor, March 5, 1931

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Cotton bales being pulled along a wharf in Los Angeles Harbor, March 5, 1931

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Photograph of cotton bales being pulled along a wharf in Los Angeles Harbor, March 5, 1931. A tractor can be seen in the foreground at left, and it is towing a long line of cylindrical cotton bales behind it at center. The bales are sitting on four flat-bed trailers. In the background at right, a large cargo ship can be seen along the dock, while another freighter is visible in the background at left, across the water. Several workers and automobiles can be seen next to a warehouse in the background at right.

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Title Cotton bales being pulled along a wharf in Los Angeles Harbor, March 5, 1931

Subject Cargo ships (lcsh), Cotton--Handling (lcsh), Docks (lcsh), Harbors (adlf), Stevedores (lcsh), Tractors (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1931-03-05

Type images

Format 1 photograph : negative, 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)

Date Created 1931-03-05

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-m17671

Identifier 35852 (accession number), CHS-35852 (call number), CHS-35852 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17659 (legacy record id), chs-m17671 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17659

Unique identifier UC142564

Legacy Identifier CHS-35852.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.9 in × 12.7 in at 300dpi
45.6 cm × 32.3 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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