Construction of the Santa Monica Pier, ca.1890

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Photograph of the construction of the Santa Monica Pier, ca.1890. In the foreground at center, two horse-drawn carriages being pulled by a single horse each can be seen. Between these carriages, a horse-drawn wagon being pulled by at least four horses is visible. A man stands near the team of horses and holds a bundle of reigns in his arms. In the background to the far right, a large building is visible beside a cylindrical canister. At center, the skeletal pier extends over the crashing waves of the ocean. Raw materials and tools lay scattered throughout the pier. On the left side of the pier, a large rail can be seen. The vast ocean is visible in the extreme background.

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Title Construction of the Santa Monica Pier, ca.1890

Subject Building (lcsh), Carriages and carts (lcsh), Horses (lcsh), piers (lcsh), piers (adlf), Santa Monica (Los Angeles) -- General views (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1890

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1890

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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2426

Identifier 5516 (accession number), CHS-5516 (call number), CHS-5516 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3348 (legacy record id), chs-m2426 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-2487 (legacy record id), 1-54- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3348

Unique identifier UC120726

Legacy Identifier CHS-5516.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.6 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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