View of the Ventura Wharf, ca.1905

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Photograph a view of the Ventura Wharf, ca.1905. Dark smoke flows from the exhaust pipe of a ship that is passing by the pier. Another ship is docked next to the end of the pier. A crowd of people are at the end of the pier. Small waves makes its way to the shore (foreground). Other ships are visible in the distance.

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Title View of the Ventura Wharf, ca.1905

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1905

Subject Ocean (lcsh), piers (lcsh), piers (adlf), ships (lcsh), Ventura County -- General (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1905

Type images

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

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-m10183

Identifier 8478 (accession number), CHS-8478 (call number), CHS-8478 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-10418 (legacy record id), chs-m10183 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-10325 (legacy record id), 1-218- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 10418

Unique identifier UC140581

Legacy Identifier CHS-8478.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.0 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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