California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of the Southern Pacific slip at San Pedro Harbor, showing a steam locomotive and oil derrick at left, ca.1900

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View of the Southern Pacific slip at San Pedro Harbor, showing a steam locomotive and oil derrick at left, ca.1900

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Photograph of a view of the Southern Pacific slip at San Pedro Harbor, showing a steam locamotive and oil derrick at left, ca.1900. The long dock of the harbor is pictured in the foreground, a small steam engine making its way along at left. Lumber can be seen strewn on the dock in various places, and a dense collection of docked schooners can be seen farther right. Back at left, an oil derrick is visible, just above a sign advertising for the Wizard Oil Company. Below the dock, a man can be seen traversing a second set of railroad tracks that are situated on the sandy shore. Dead Man's Island can be seen in the left distance.

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Title View of the Southern Pacific slip at San Pedro Harbor, showing a steam locomotive and oil derrick at left, ca.1900

Subject Freight and freightage (lcsh), Harbors (lcsh), Harbors (adlf), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Los Angeles Harbor -- General views -- 1900's -- 1 of 2 (file heading), Lumber (lcsh), Railroads (lcsh), Shipping (lcsh), ships (lcsh), Southern Pacific Railroad (corporate name), Wizard Oil (corporate name)

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 2 photographs : photonegatives, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 10 x 13 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 1900

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-m1497

Identifier CHS-12915 (call number), CHS-12915 (filename), 12915 (identifying number), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2361 (legacy record id), chs-m1497 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-1542 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-1544 (legacy record id), 1-50- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2361

Unique identifier UC116014

Legacy Identifier CHS-12915.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.5 in × 15.5 in at 300dpi
49.6 cm × 39.5 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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