California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Lithograph depicting Bear Harbor and the "proposed" outer harbor in San Pedro, Los Angeles, ca.1905

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Lithograph depicting Bear Harbor and the "proposed" outer harbor in San Pedro, Los Angeles, ca.1905

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Photograph of a lithograph depicting Bear Harbor and the "proposed" outer harbor in San Pedro, Los Angeles, ca.1905. Terminal Island is shown in the foreground just in from the Pacific Ocean, with the 'proposed' outer harbor full of ships to the left. The inner harbor is just behind the island, also full of ships, after which the city blocks of San Pedro are visible. Mountains can be seen in the extreme background. Deadman's Island and the breakwater can also be seen in the left foreground. Print identifies the areas.

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Title Lithograph depicting Bear Harbor and the "proposed" outer harbor in San Pedro, Los Angeles, ca.1905

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

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 1900/1910

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 1900/1910

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-m4526

Identifier 7496 (accession number), CHS-7496 (call number), CHS-7496 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5178 (legacy record id), chs-m4526 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-4623 (legacy record id), 1-50-110 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5178

Unique identifier UC127265

Legacy Identifier CHS-7496.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.7 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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