Exterior view of the Southern Pacific Passenger Station on the San Pedro waterfront, ca.1913

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Southern Pacific Passenger Station on the San Pedro waterfront, ca.1913. The station is near the water at right and is a small rectangular building with a covered wrap-around porch. There are several people gathered on the porch and the nearby dock. The Southern Pacific tracks, as well as two railroad cars, are visible behind the building. A small boat is in the water at right, and the bow of a large ship is at extreme right. This image is an enlargement of CHS-12829.5.; Legible signs include, from left to right, "Restaurant", "Owl Cigar", "The Tourist", "Delicious and Refreshing Coca Cola Pure and Beautiful", "J. C. Redbach [?] Groceries", "J.A. Weldt & Co. Ship [?]", "Pacific Tel & Tel Co. Cable Crossing", "Rooms 25¢ Up", "Central Vermont 60847", "Southern Pacific Passenger Station", and "Hotel".

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Title Exterior view of the Southern Pacific Passenger Station on the San Pedro waterfront, ca.1913

Subject Docks (lcsh), Dwellings (lcsh), Harbors (adlf), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Los Angeles Harbor -- General views (file heading), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Los Angeles Harbor -- General views -- Panoramas (file heading), Wharves (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 1913

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 1913

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-m19946

Identifier 12928.5A (accession number), CHS-12928.5A (call number), CHS-12928.5A (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-19761 (legacy record id), chs-m19946 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 19761

Unique identifier UC121747

Legacy Identifier CHS-12928.5A.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.0 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
50.8 cm × 41.1 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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