View of San Pedro Harbor (or Los Angeles Harbor), showing the arrival of the Great White Fleet, ca.1908

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Photograph of a view of San Pedro Harbor (or Los Angeles Harbor), showing the arrival of the Great White Fleet, ca.1908. Spectators line the piers to watch the ships as they slowly make their way to the piers. A locomotive is moving down the railroad tracks that line the port passing buildings, storehouse, ship docks, and other buildings. Picture file card reads: "Looking southeast from a position which would now (1944) correspond to the rear of Berth 87, showing the Fifth St. Ferry Landing at the right."

Asset Metadata

Title View of San Pedro Harbor (or Los Angeles Harbor), showing the arrival of the Great White Fleet, ca.1908

Subject Docks (lcsh), Harbors (lcsh), Harbors (adlf), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Los Angeles Harbor -- General views -- 1900's -- 2 of 2 (file heading), 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)

Temporal Subject 1908

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.; 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1908

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-m4482

Identifier 5473 (accession number), CHS-5473 (call number), CHS-5473 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5134 (legacy record id), chs-m4482 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-4578 (legacy record id), 1-50- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5134

Unique identifier UC127231

Legacy Identifier CHS-5473.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.9 in × 15.0 in at 300dpi
48.0 cm × 38.3 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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