California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Birdseye view of the Southern Pacific Long Wharf in Santa Monica, September, 1916

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Birdseye view of the Southern Pacific Long Wharf in Santa Monica, September, 1916

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Photograph of a birdseye view of the Southern Pacific Long Wharf in Santa Monica, September, 1916. This picture shows railroad tracks running along the shore towards the wharf, which extends out into the ocean for the entire length of the picture. There is a structure at the end of the pier, and on the right side of the picture, there are large mountains. The wharf, called Port Los Angeles, was the longest ocean wharf in the world at 4700 feet. It was completed in 1894 by the Southern Pacific Railroad, and it was destroyed in 1920 by the Pacific Electric Railroad Co.

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Title Birdseye view of the Southern Pacific Long Wharf in Santa Monica, September, 1916

Subject Beaches (adlf), Beaches (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Santa Monica -- Santa Monica Canyon (subject), Los Angeles City -- Pacific Palisades -- Mile Long Pier (subject), piers (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Pacific Palisades (city or populated place), Santa Monica (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1916-09

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)

Date Created 1916-09

Contributor Keogh, John R. (donor)

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-m20279

Identifier 14343 (accession number), CHS-14343 (call number), CHS-14343 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-21076 (legacy record id), chs-m20279 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 21076

Unique identifier UC134047

Legacy Identifier CHS-14343.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.6 in × 15.9 in at 300dpi
49.8 cm × 40.5 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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