California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Two views of deserted ships in San Francisco harbor during the Gold Rush of 1850

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Two views of deserted ships in San Francisco harbor during the Gold Rush of 1850

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Photograph of two views of deserted ships in San Francisco harbor during the Gold Rush of 1850. Numerous ships, many of which are sailing ships, wade idly in the harbor parked and apparently unmanned. Several houses or buildings occupy the area near the shores. Additional information: These are copies of the original photographs. The copies were created by C.C. Pierce. Date unknown.

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Title Two views of deserted ships in San Francisco harbor during the Gold Rush of 1850

Subject Harbors (lcsh), Harbors (adlf), Mining -- San Francisco County (file heading), San Francisco County -- Waterfront (file heading), ships (lcsh), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1850

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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 1850

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9721

Identifier 6169 (accession number), CHS-6169 (call number), CHS-6169 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-9969 (legacy record id), chs-m9721 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14194 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-9860 (legacy record id), 1-112-8 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 9969

Unique identifier UC139973

Legacy Identifier CHS-6169.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 14.0 in × 14.1 in at 300dpi
35.7 cm × 35.8 cm at 300dpi

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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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