A windmill used to pump water for irrigation, Compton, California, ca.1900-1901

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Photograph of narrow 3-story wooden building on top of which there is a windmill which is used for pumping water for irrigation in Compton, California, ca.1900-1901. On an octagonal tower on top of the building adjacent to the windmill is a balustrade enclosed viewing deck on which 4 people are sitting. The windvane behind the windmill reads ..."mance [...]eport". At the base of the building is a tall hedge and a small trimmed lawn and palm tree amid the circular path. A small flower bed is nearby.

Asset Metadata

Title A windmill used to pump water for irrigation, Compton, California, ca.1900-1901

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1900/1901

Subject Agriculture (lcsh), Agriculture -- Irrigation (file heading), Canals (adlf), Irrigation (lcsh), Water-supply (lcsh), Windmills (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1900/1901

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 8 x 10 in.; 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 20 x 13 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)

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-m9453

Identifier 1431 (accession number), CHS-1431 (call number), CHS-1431 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-9706 (legacy record id), chs-m9453 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-9590 (legacy record id), 1-110-7 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 9706

Unique identifier UC139918

Legacy Identifier CHS-1431.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.2 in × 17.1 in at 300dpi
33.6 cm × 43.6 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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