California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of Dead Man's Island from the harbor entrance, San Pedro, ca.1912

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View of Dead Man's Island from the harbor entrance, San Pedro, ca.1912

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Photograph of a view of Dead Man's Island from the harbor entrance, San Pedro, ca.1912. The small, rocky island is pictured at the center of the frame, surrounded by water. A ladder has been leaned up against the top rock face to the left, and the mast of a ship is visible above its peak. The Island was removed and used for landfill in the construction of Reservation Point in 1929.

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Title View of Dead Man's Island from the harbor entrance, San Pedro, ca.1912

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1907/1917

Subject Harbors (adlf), Islands (lcsh), Landforms (lcsh), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Los Angeles Harbor -- General views -- 1910 to 1919 (file heading), Seashore (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), islands: Dead Man's Island (geographic subject), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), San Pedro (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1907/1917

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)

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-m2928

Identifier 7115 (accession number), CHS-7115 (call number), CHS-7115 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3824 (legacy record id), chs-m2928 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-3001 (legacy record id), 1-50-91 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3824

Unique identifier UC116054

Legacy Identifier CHS-7115.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 14.2 in at 300dpi
47.2 cm × 36.3 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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