California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of the breakwater and the Angeles Gate lighthouse in San Pedro Harbor, ca.1910

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View of the breakwater and the Angeles Gate lighthouse in San Pedro Harbor, ca.1910

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Photograph of a view of the breakwater and the Angeles Gate lighthouse in San Pedro Harbor, ca.1910. The lighthouse is at center and is silhouetted against the Palos Verdes hills in the background. A barge is entering the harbor in front of the lighthouse and there is a tall ship anchored in the harbor. San Pedro is visible in the background.

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Title View of the breakwater and the Angeles Gate lighthouse in San Pedro Harbor, ca.1910

Subject Breakwaters (lcsh), Breakwaters (adlf), Harbors (lcsh), Lighthouses (lcsh), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Los Angeles Harbors -- General views -- Undated (file heading), Shipping (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 1910

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (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

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-m2939

Identifier 11180 (accession number), CHS-11180 (call number), CHS-11180 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3834 (legacy record id), chs-m2939 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-3012 (legacy record id), 1-50-140 (microfiche number), USC (project), 31 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3834

Unique identifier UC116153

Legacy Identifier CHS-11180.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.5 in × 12.1 in at 300dpi
47.1 cm × 30.7 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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