View of the Los Angeles Harbor, showing a railroad yard and docked ships, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a view of the Los Angeles Harbor, showing a railroad yard and docked ships, [s.d.]. A small maintenance shed is visible at right, surrounded by freight cars which are loaded with large rocks, while more tracks can be seen running the width of the image just behind the shed. Visible behind these are the masts of several schooners, which appear to be docked along the harbor's edge. The back of the photoprint reads "W. Symons".; Back of photoprint reads "W. Symons".

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Title View of the Los Angeles Harbor, showing a railroad yard and docked ships, [s.d.]

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

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

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegatives, 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)

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-m4521

Identifier 12920 (accession number), CHS-12920 (call number), CHS-12920 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5090 (legacy record id), chs-m4521 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-4618 (legacy record id), 1-50- (microfiche number), USC (project), 23 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5090

Unique identifier UC126620

Legacy Identifier CHS-12920.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.5 in × 12.1 in at 300dpi
41.9 cm × 30.8 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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