California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Construction of the San Pedro government breakwater from shore

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Construction of the San Pedro government breakwater from shore

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Photograph of construction of the San Pedro government breakwater from shore looking toward the ocean. Various construction supplies litter the immediate vicinity of two small construction sheds are near the land terminus. Three derricks are visible on the breakwater far in the distance. A small group of men are working on the breakwater near the first bend. Scrub grass and coastal rocks are in the foreground.

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Title Construction of the San Pedro government breakwater from shore

Subject Breakwaters (lcsh), Breakwaters (adlf), Breakwaters -- Design and construction (lcsh), Engineering (lcsh), Harbors (lcsh), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Engineering -- Breakwater (file heading), Railroad bridges (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), San Pedro (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1908

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.; 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1908

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-m15624

Identifier 2807 (accession number), CHS-2807 (call number), CHS-2807 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-14800 (legacy record id), chs-m15624 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14364 (legacy record id), 1-50-15 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 14800

Unique identifier UC144087

Legacy Identifier CHS-2807.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.9 in × 12.8 in at 300dpi
42.9 cm × 32.5 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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