Bath house and beach in Long Beach, ca.1910

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Photograph of many people (mostly not in bathing suits, but rather fully clothed) sunbathing on the beach in front of the two-story Bath House with grand portico in Long Beach, ca.1910. An American flag flies from the roof. The ocean is not visible. Part of the city is visible in the background at right.

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Title Bath house and beach in Long Beach, ca.1910

Subject Baths, Public (lcsh), Beaches (adlf), Beaches (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Long Beach -- Architecture -- Public buildings (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Long Beach (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1910

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm., 20 x 25 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1910

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m6468

Identifier 1709 (accession number), CHS-1709 (call number), CHS-1709 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6553 (legacy record id), chs-m6468 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-6583 (legacy record id), 1-32- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6553

Unique identifier UC116900

Legacy Identifier CHS-1709.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.2 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
43.7 cm × 33.7 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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