California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Drawing by George Baker depicting the San Francisco bay, June 1849

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Drawing by George Baker depicting the San Francisco bay, June 1849

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Photograph of a drawing by George Baker depicting the San Francisco bay, June 1849. The drawing, which was published in the New York Tribune on August 28, 1849, shows a huge group of large sailing vessels are shown in the bay to the right, abandoned by their crews who went to work in the mines at shore. In the left foreground, a group of four pioneers make their way across the ridge of Rincon Hill, looking northwest. Farther back, the town "Embryo" city can be seen on Angel Island, filled with rancher-style houses. In the distance the hills of Marin are visible. The Telegraph and Russian Hills are also visible. Picture file card reads "Population estimated at 2,000, all adults, with few women and many living in tents. About 200 vessels were detained here, their crews leaving for work in the mines on arrival in port".

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Title Drawing by George Baker depicting the San Francisco bay, June 1849

Subject Boats and boating (lcsh), Harbors (adlf), Ocean (lcsh), San Francisco County -- Golden Gate and Bay (file heading), ships (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), San Francisco (city or populated place), San Francisco (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1849-06

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), 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 1849-06

Creator Baker, George H. (artist), Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

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-m9076

Identifier 8980 (accession number), CHS-8980 (call number), CHS-8980 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8977 (legacy record id), chs-m9076 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-9214 (legacy record id), 1-112-26 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8977

Unique identifier UC139292

Legacy Identifier CHS-8980.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.2 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
51.5 cm × 41.4 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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