California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

A steam engine hauling rock for the construction of the San Pedro breakwater, ca.1899

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A steam engine hauling rock for the construction of the San Pedro breakwater, ca.1899

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Photograph of a steam engine hauling rock for the construction of the San Pedro breakwater, ca.1899. A locomotive engine stands at center, billowing steam, connected to a line of cargo palates loaded with rock. To the engine's left, a tank for holding liquid stands on the tracks with a warning that reads "This Tank is Fitted with Heated Pipes". Steps lead down the hill which is partially visible at the right; several women come down the furthest steps, while one stands at the bottom of the steps in the foreground, dressed in light-colored clothing. The masts of ships can be seen in the background. Picture file card reads "Looking northerly up the main channel from a poin which, in 1945, would correspond to berth 81 or 82.".

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Title A steam engine hauling rock for the construction of the San Pedro breakwater, ca.1899

Subject Breakwaters (lcsh), Breakwaters (adlf), Building (lcsh), Clothing and dress (lcsh), Harbors (lcsh), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Los Angeles Harbor -- General views -- 1890's (file heading), Railroads (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 1894/1904

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegatives, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 10 x 13 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 1894/1904

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-m2036

Identifier 6732 (accession number), CHS-6732 (call number), CHS-6732 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2976 (legacy record id), chs-m2036 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-2096 (legacy record id), 1-50- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2976

Unique identifier UC117174

Legacy Identifier CHS-6732.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.1 in × 12.3 in at 300dpi
48.5 cm × 31.4 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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