Construction of the Santa Monica concrete pier, [s.d.].

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Photograph of the construction of the Santa Monica concrete pier, [s.d.]. Hoisting machines are used to lower the concrete pillars into position for the building of the pier. There are about 15 concrete posts in the hole. More concrete posts are stacked nearby the hoisting machine. Utility poles line the street in the background. Houses and buildings are visible in the distance. Legible signs include: "The Clarendon", "Union Stables", "office, Jos R. LaBerge, prope".

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Title Construction of the Santa Monica concrete pier, [s.d.].

Subject piers (lcsh), piers (adlf), Santa Monica -- General (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Type images

Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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)

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-m17406

Identifier 5515 (accession number), CHS-5515 (call number), CHS-5515 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17403 (legacy record id), chs-m17406 (legacy record id), 1-54- (microfiche number)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17403

Unique identifier UC142506

Legacy Identifier CHS-5515.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.7 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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