California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Exterior view of a cannery building at Fish Harbor in San Pedro, 1954

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Exterior view of a cannery building at Fish Harbor in San Pedro, 1954

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Photograph of an exterior view of a cannery building at Fish Harbor in San Pedro, 1954. The two-story cannery building is pictured at left, a long sluice extending down to the docks at right. Farther in the foreground, a small one-story building can be seen abutting the cannery. A second sluice can be seen in the background. A fire excape runs up the front of the cannery building. Photo sleeve reads "Cookie".

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Title Exterior view of a cannery building at Fish Harbor in San Pedro, 1954

Subject Fishing (lcsh), Fishing boats (lcsh), Harbors (lcsh), industrial sites (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1954

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 9 x 15 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1954

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-m23451

Identifier 49428 (accession number), CHS-49428 (call number), CHS-49428 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-23380 (legacy record id), chs-m23451 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 23380

Unique identifier UC127029

Legacy Identifier CHS-49428.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 34.7 in × 20.6 in at 300dpi
88.2 cm × 52.5 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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