California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

San Pedro Harbor looking northeast from the Southern Pacific Depot / Railroad yard, ca.1895

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San Pedro Harbor looking northeast from the Southern Pacific Depot / Railroad yard, ca.1895

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Photograph of the San Pedro Harbor looking northeast from the Southern Pacific Depot / Railroad yard, ca.1895. Railroad tracks flanked to either side by lumber make their way to a one-story building at the mouth of the harbor. Other similarly designed structures, also one-story, continue into the background.

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Title San Pedro Harbor looking northeast from the Southern Pacific Depot / Railroad yard, ca.1895

Subject Docks (lcsh), Harbors (lcsh), Harbors (adlf), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Los Angeles Harbor -- General views -- 1890's (file heading), Railroads -- Track (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 1895

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 1895

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-m4468

Identifier 6237 (accession number), CHS-6237 (call number), CHS-6237 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5107 (legacy record id), chs-m4468 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-4564 (legacy record id), 1-50-47 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5107

Unique identifier UC127255

Legacy Identifier CHS-6237.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.9 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 35.3 cm at 300dpi

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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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