Fish wheel on the Columbia River, ca. 1910

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Title Fish wheel on the Columbia River, ca. 1910

Description Photograph of a fish wheel on the Columbia River, ca. 1910. The fish wheel is tied to the posts on the rocky shores in the foreground. Two planks run from the boat to the shores. A building is visible (at left). Trees cover the elevated land around the river.; "The fish wheel's main purpose is to catch fish. The fish wheel is simple to build. It's made from the wood in the surrounding area. People collect raft logs and green poles for the fish wheels. There are two paddle-like spokes on a wheel that radiates from a wooden axle and two wire baskets used to scoop fish. Water currents turn the fish wheel and as it goes around the fish swim into one of the wire baskets. The fish then fall into the box where they are stored until the fishermen return. The fishermen pick the fish up, then the people spend all day cutting the fish from the wheel and drying them." -- unknown author.

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1910

Subject Fishing (lcsh), Industry -- Fishing (file heading), rivers (adlf)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

Place rivers: Columbia River (geographic subject), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1910

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm., 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11950

Identifier 6006 (accession number), CHS-6006 (call number), CHS-6006 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11359 (legacy record id), chs-m11950 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-12102 (legacy record id), 1-107-36 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11359

Unique identifier UC129349

Legacy Identifier CHS-6006.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.5 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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