California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View from the south end of the Playa del Rey lagoon looking northward, ca.1903

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View from the south end of the Playa del Rey lagoon looking northward, ca.1903

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Photograph of the view from the south end of the Playa del Rey lagoon looking northward, ca.1903. About eight rowboats can be seen at anchor in the calm water. One person is rowing a boat in the foreground. The shoreline is visible on all three sides. Several of the boats are moored to a dock at right, behind which several structures, mainly tents, are visible. Photoprint reads, "Quiet Waters and Quiet Days".

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Title View from the south end of the Playa del Rey lagoon looking northward, ca.1903

Subject Boats and boating (lcsh), Harbors (adlf), Lagoons (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Playa Del Rey (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Playa del Rey (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1903

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 15 x 25 cm. (aacr2), 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 1903

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-m2015

Identifier 2925 (accession number), CHS-2925 (call number), CHS-2925 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2955 (legacy record id), chs-m2015 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-2074 (legacy record id), 1-56-53 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2955

Unique identifier UC117246

Legacy Identifier CHS-2925.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.5 in × 12.9 in at 300dpi
42.0 cm × 32.9 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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