California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Lithograph by William McMautrie, showing abandoned ships in the San Francisco harbor, April 1, 1850

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Lithograph by William McMautrie, showing abandoned ships in the San Francisco harbor, April 1, 1850

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Photograph of a lithograph by William McMautrie, showing abandoned ships in the San Francisco harbor, April 1, 1850. The harbor is shown at left, cluttered with unmanned sailing vessels. To the right, the city is shown, with the most commercial area by the roads along the shore. In the distance, hills can be seen, while in the foreground, a man can be seen to the left and a few goats to the right along the ridge of Telegraph Hill. Picture file card identifies McMautrie as a draughtsman for the U.S. surveying expedition and reads "From left to right: Clark Point, Rincon Point, Happy Valley, Long Wharf, Pacific Wharf, Appolo Warehouse, Niantic Warehouse, Sampson Street and Portsmith Square".

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Title Lithograph by William McMautrie, showing abandoned ships in the San Francisco harbor, April 1, 1850

Subject buildings (lcsh), cities (adlf), Harbors (lcsh), Mines and mineral resources (lcsh), 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 1850-04-01

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)

Date Created 1850-04-01

Creator McMautrie, William B. (artist), 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-m9717

Identifier 8981 (accession number), CHS-8981 (call number), CHS-8981 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-9966 (legacy record id), chs-m9717 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-9856 (legacy record id), 1-48- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 9966

Unique identifier UC139690

Legacy Identifier CHS-8981.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.2 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
51.4 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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