Unidentified house in Redondo Beach being pummeled by breaking surf, ca.1953

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Photograph of an unidentified house in Redondo Beach being pummeled by breaking surf, ca.1953. The two-story house is shown to the right, a person's silhouette visible through the bay window at center. In the front, a brick wall is pictured, marred by the weather. Along the sidewalk, a streak of stones has been thrown across the ground, assumedly piling from the breakwater. A large crashing spray of water can be seen to the left. The original breakwater was built in 1937 and replaced from 1957 to 1958.; Storm in Redondo Beach circa 1953, showing damage to homes and sidewalk, looking north. Original breakwater was built in 1937 and replaced in 1957-58.

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Title Unidentified house in Redondo Beach being pummeled by breaking surf, ca.1953

Subject Architecture, Domestic (lcsh), Dwellings (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Redondo Beach -- General views -- Panoramas (file heading), Ocean (lcsh), residential sites (adlf), Storms (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1953

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 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 1953

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-m6499

Identifier 12746 (accession number), CHS-12746 (call number), CHS-12746 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6583 (legacy record id), chs-m6499 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-6614 (legacy record id), 1-42-36 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6583

Unique identifier UC116867

Legacy Identifier CHS-12746.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.8 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 35.1 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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