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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Panoramic view of the ships in the outer harbor at Long Beach, taken from the city, ca.1925
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Panoramic view of the ships in the outer harbor at Long Beach, taken from the city, ca.1925
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Description
Photograph of a panoramic view of the ships in the outer harbor at Long Beach, taken from the city, ca.1925. A line of large ships is visible through haze along the horizon in the distance beyond the city, visible at the bottom of the image. Hoyt's Theatre, the Hotel Arlington, the Crystal Cafeteria and the Ambassador Ballroom Dancing buildings are visible, as well as the tracks for a wooden rollercoaster and a ferris wheel.
Asset Metadata
Title
Panoramic view of the ships in the outer harbor at Long Beach, taken from the city, ca.1925
Subject
Amusement parks
(lcsh),
Harbors
(adlf),
Harbors
(lcsh),
Los Angeles County -- Long Beach -- General views -- Pier and pike
(file heading),
Roller coasters
(lcsh),
ships
(lcsh),
Views
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Long Beach
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1925
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
1925
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
(photographer)
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5799
Identifier
6527 (
accession number
), CHS-6527 (
call number
), CHS-6527 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-5814 (
legacy record id
), chs-m5799 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-5919 (
legacy record id
), 1-32-50 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
5814
Unique identifier
UC127803
Legacy Identifier
CHS-6527.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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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