California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Half-tone print of a painting by Routledge of the California, a side wheel steamer, the first American steamship to round the Horn, ca.1850

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Half-tone print of a painting by Routledge of the California, a side wheel steamer, the first American steamship to round the Horn, ca.1850

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Photograph of a half-tone print of a painting by Routledge of the California, a side wheel steamer, the first American steamship to round the Horn, ca.1850. The ship has two masts showing 5 sails, a paddle wheel at the side, and flag each at the bow and the stern. A smokestack belches smoke amidships. View is of the port side. Many people are gathered on deck.; The California was also the first steam line to call at San Diego. Upon discovery of gold in Sutter's Creek it left New York October 6, 1848 by way of the Straits of Magellan to San Diego, Monterey and San Francisco. It was on the north run in the 1850's. Part of Pacific Coast Steamship Company (1848-1936), later the Pacific Mail Transportation Company. In 1887, all Pacific mail ships changed to screw propellor and iron hull.

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Title Half-tone print of a painting by Routledge of the California, a side wheel steamer, the first American steamship to round the Horn, ca.1850

Subject California (subject), Gold (lcsh), Mines and mineral resources (lcsh), Pacific Coast Steamship Company (subject), Pacific Mail Transportation Company (subject), ships (lcsh), Steamboats (lcsh), Transportation -- Water -- Side wheel (file heading), transportation features (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1850

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), 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 1850

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (artist), 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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12708

Identifier 3031 (accession number), CHS-3031 (call number), CHS-3031 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12122 (legacy record id), chs-m12708 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-12861 (legacy record id), 1-121-17 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12122

Unique identifier UC131168

Legacy Identifier CHS-3031.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.7 in × 13.8 in at 300dpi
47.5 cm × 35.2 cm at 300dpi

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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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