California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Ruins of the adobe hidehouse located on the bluff of Old San Pedro (later the site of Fort MacArthur), Port of Los Angeles, ca.1897

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Ruins of the adobe hidehouse located on the bluff of Old San Pedro (later the site of Fort MacArthur), Port of Los Angeles, ca.1897

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Photograph of the ruins of the adobe hidehouse located on the bluff of Old San Pedro (later the site of Fort MacArthur), Port of Los Angeles, ca.1897. Wild grass surrounds the remaining walls of the hidehouse.; Picture file card reads: "San Pedro's first shipping warehouse, located in what later became the parade grounds of U.S. barracks. The structure was built by San Gabriel Mission fathers. Used as a warehouse when Richard H. Dana landed there, and as a store by Alexander and John Temple, owned by Abel Stearns, Alexander Bell and John Temple. Issac Williams of Chino used it as a shipping place. The building was used by Chapman to put together woots he had constructed at Mission San Gabriel. -- See Guinn, Vol. 1, pages 402-403."; "The hidehouse was built in 1823 by the British firm of McCulloch and Hartnell, in 1829 transferred to San Gabriel Mission, in 1834 puchased by American Abel Stearns and improved and developed to a very successful business. It was used for storage of steer hides and tallow which were processed and shipped from this point to New England, U.S.A The building was gradually neglected and finally deserted from about 1860s while commerce developed at Timms Point and in Wilmington. Old-timers from early 1900s reported some ruins remaining and finds of arrowheads etc. The adobe hidehouse was the first structure of any kind on the Bay of San Pedro. Early Dominguez, Sepulveda and Gutierrez ranch-houses were inland a few miles. Information previously on record that the hidehouse was built by mission fathers late in 18th century is erroneous. Documentation of original deed, records, etc. are at the Huntington Library and copies in the Archives of the San Pedro Bay Historical Society. Plaque was placed on site in Fort MacArthur in l978 by State of California and San Pedro Bay Historical Society, making it a California state historic monument." -- unknown author.

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Title Ruins of the adobe hidehouse located on the bluff of Old San Pedro (later the site of Fort MacArthur), Port of Los Angeles, ca.1897

Subject Adobe houses (lcsh), historical sites (adlf), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Architecture -- General (file heading), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- LA Harbor -- General (file heading), Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (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 1897

Type images

Format 2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), 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 1897

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-m979

Identifier 8627 (accession number), CHS-8627 (call number), CHS-8627 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8887 (legacy record id), chs-m979 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14086 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-985 (legacy record id), 1-50-123 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8887

Unique identifier UC139313

Legacy Identifier CHS-8627.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.9 in × 15.9 in at 300dpi
50.7 cm × 40.4 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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