Exterior view of a lighthouse in Ventura County, 1939

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Photograph of a lighthouse in Ventura County, 1939. At center a two-story building is visible with a four-story lighthouse tower at its center. The building has an inclined roof, a balcony on the second story, and a covered porch. The tower has a light on top, which is surrounded by a low fence. A small one-story building is visible to the left of the lighthouse, while a car is parked at right. A wooden fence surrounds the buildings and front lawn, which contains small gardens encircled by white rocks. Sand dunes, utility poles, and mountains are visible in the background at left, while trees are visible in the background at right. Photoprint reads: "Sold to American Legion and moved away".

Asset Metadata

Title Exterior view of a lighthouse in Ventura County, 1939

Subject American Legion (subject), Automobiles (lcsh), Lighthouses (lcsh), reference locations (adlf), Ventura County -- General -- Architecture (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries), Ventura (counties)

Temporal Subject 1939

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 25 cm. (aacr2), 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 1939

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

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-m10167

Identifier 8379 (accession number), CHS-8379 (call number), CHS-8379 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-10402 (legacy record id), chs-m10167 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-10309 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 10402

Unique identifier UC140443

Legacy Identifier CHS-8379.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.3 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
51.6 cm × 41.3 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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