California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

White Point Japanese abalone farm on the coast of San Pedro Harbor northwest from Point Fermin, ca.1900

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White Point Japanese abalone farm on the coast of San Pedro Harbor northwest from Point Fermin, ca.1900

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Photograph of White Point (formerly Royal Palms) Japanese abalone farm, hotel and sulfur baths on the coast of San Pedro Harbor northwest from Point Fermin, ca.1900.

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Title White Point Japanese abalone farm on the coast of San Pedro Harbor northwest from Point Fermin, ca.1900

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1900

Subject Abalone fisheries (lcsh), Fisheries (adlf), Japanese Americans (lcsh), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Los Angeles Harbor -- General views -- 1900's -- 2 of 2 (file heading)

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 1900

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.; 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)

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-m2911

Identifier 6243 (accession number), CHS-6243 (call number), CHS-6243 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3809 (legacy record id), chs-m2911 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-2983 (legacy record id), 1-50-75 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3809

Unique identifier UC116111

Legacy Identifier CHS-6243.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

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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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