Men firing a cannon for a Harbor Day celebration in San Pedro, ca.1889

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Photograph of men firing a cannon for a Harbor Day celebration in San Pedro, ca.1889. A man at center stands slightly in front of the cannon which faces perpendicular to him. To the left of him, a second man crouches down attending to the cannon. Two women can be seen in the left background, one of which holds a parasol or umbrella. Smoke from the cannon fills the right side of the image. Picture file card reads "pre-harbor celebrations from hill behind town".

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Title Men firing a cannon for a Harbor Day celebration in San Pedro, ca.1889

Subject agricultural sites (adlf), Harbors (lcsh), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Drum Barracks (file heading), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Miscellaneous (file heading), Rites and ceremonies (lcsh)

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 1899

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 1899

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-m1005