Frontal view of "Old Ironsides" replica at a harbor, San Pedro, ca.1926

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Photograph of frontal view of "Old Ironsides" replica at a harbor, San Pedro, ca.1926. At center, the large replica of the ship is seen sitting in a city harbor. At the ship's center, three tall masts stand erect. Four smaller, wooden bars lie spaced apart on each mast. Folded sails are visible on each of these wooden bars on the mast. Several ropes run between the masts and the ship's deck below. A large, tilted mast is also seen near the bow of the ship. In the foreground, a line of automobiles sits before a crowd of spectators watching the ship. In the background to the right, more spectators are seen surrounding the boat. In the extreme background, large buildings can be seen, and a single water tower is visible to the right. In the extreme foreground, A large utility pole adjacent to a small building obscures a small part of the shot.

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Title Frontal view of "Old Ironsides" replica at a harbor, San Pedro, ca.1926

Subject Harbors (adlf), Motion pictures (lcsh), Paramount Studios (subject), ships (lcsh), Transportation -- Water -- Old Ironsides (file heading)

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 1926

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm. (aacr2), 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 1926

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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12643

Identifier 33116 (accession number), CHS-33116 (call number), CHS-33116 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12150 (legacy record id), chs-m12643 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-12797 (legacy record id), 1-121-38 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12150

Unique identifier UC131093

Legacy Identifier CHS-33116.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 23.4 in × 17.6 in at 300dpi
59.5 cm × 44.8 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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