Schooners docked at the early Wilmington waterfront, ca.1895

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Photograph of schooners docked at the early Wilmington waterfront, ca.1895. A small white steam boat is pictured at center, sandwiched between a large sailing vessel to the right, and two similar boats behind. Each of the sailing vessels has four masts, their sails stowed. A hill can be seen faintly in the left distance.

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Title Schooners docked at the early Wilmington waterfront, ca.1895

Subject Docks (lcsh), Harbors (lcsh), Harbors (adlf), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Los Angeles Harbors -- General views -- Undated (file heading), Wharves (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), San Pedro (city or populated place), USA (countries), Wilmington (city or populated place)

Temporal Subject 1895

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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 1895

Creator Phelps Photo (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-m4471

Identifier 12912 (accession number), CHS-12912 (call number), CHS-12912 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5109 (legacy record id), chs-m4471 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-4567 (legacy record id), 1-50- (microfiche number), USC (project), 27 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5109

Unique identifier UC126625

Legacy Identifier CHS-12912.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.5 in × 6.6 in at 300dpi
44.6 cm × 16.8 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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