California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Deadman's Island in the entrance to San Pedro Harbor, California, ca.1903

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Deadman's Island in the entrance to San Pedro Harbor, California, ca.1903

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Photograph of Deadman's Island in the entrance to San Pedro Bay, ca.1903. Note the progress in the construction of the San Pedro Breakwater on the right horizon. Large rocks in the foreground form the breakwater. A sailboat is visible in the distance at right.

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Title Deadman's Island in the entrance to San Pedro Harbor, California, ca.1903

Subject Breakwaters (adlf), Harbors (adlf), Islands (lcsh), Landforms (lcsh), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Los Angeles Harbor -- General views -- 1900's -- 1 of 2 (file heading), Seashore (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 1903

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.; 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2931

Identifier 1244 (accession number), CHS-1244 (call number), CHS-1244 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3826 (legacy record id), chs-m2931 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-3004 (legacy record id), 1-50-5 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3826

Unique identifier UC116140

Legacy Identifier CHS-1244.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.3 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
43.9 cm × 33.6 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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