California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Southern Pacific Long Wharf, or Mile Long Pier, Pacific Palisades, ca.1893

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Southern Pacific Long Wharf, or Mile Long Pier, Pacific Palisades, ca.1893

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Photograph of the Southern Pacific Long Wharf, or Mile Long Pier, Pacific Palisades, ca.1893. This perspective is from the shore looking toward the end. Several ships are docked at the end. Several other ships are in the ocean around the end. Two sets of railroad tracks run the length of the warf. A series of loaded railroad cars is visible on one of the tracks. Several pedestrians are visible on the wharf a short distance from the shore. In the foreground the railroad tracks running parallel to the coastline are visible as is a train on a parallel track. Construction on the wharf began in 1892 and was completed in 1894 and, at the time, it was the longest wharf in the world. The pier is 4700 feet long.

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Title Southern Pacific Long Wharf, or Mile Long Pier, Pacific Palisades, ca.1893

Subject Los Angeles City -- Pacific Palisades -- Mile Long Pier (file heading), Ocean (lcsh), piers (lcsh), Railroads (lcsh), Santa Monica (LA) General Views (subject), Transportation (subject), Wharves (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1893

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 25 x 20 cm., 26 x 21 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)

Date Created 1893

Creator Maud (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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3508

Identifier 2293 (accession number), CHS-2293 (call number), CHS-2293 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4454 (legacy record id), chs-m3508 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-3584 (legacy record id), 1-54- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4454

Unique identifier UC118923

Legacy Identifier CHS-2293.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 14.0 in × 17.1 in at 300dpi
35.5 cm × 43.5 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

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

Date Created 1860/1960

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