View of Venice Beach with the pier in the background, ca.1910

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Photograph of a view of Venice Beach with the pier in the background, ca.1910. The beach is in the foreground at left and is occupied by a small number of people. The ocean is at right, and a large wave is crashing violently on shore. The pier is visible in the distance at right and extends past the edge of the photograph from the shore. Several large buildings can be seen on the pier, and an old wooden sailing ship is visible near the middle of the wharf. A large, rectangular buildng can be seen in the distance at left.

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Title View of Venice Beach with the pier in the background, ca.1910

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1910

Subject Beaches (lcsh), Beaches (adlf), Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles -- Venice -- General -- Beach scenes (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 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)

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-m5019

Identifier 14508 (accession number), CHS-14508 (call number), CHS-14508 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25567 (legacy record id), chs-m5019 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-5121 (legacy record id), 1-56- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25567

Unique identifier UC128267

Legacy Identifier CHS-14508.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.5 in × 15.9 in at 300dpi
52.0 cm × 40.5 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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