California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of the steamer San Gabriel, later lost with her crew along the Mexican coast, ca.1900

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View of the steamer San Gabriel, later lost with her crew along the Mexican coast, ca.1900

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Photograph of the steamer San Gabriel, later lost with her crew along the Mexican coast, ca.1900. The dark-hulled ship is at center, headed to the right. There is a small cabin amidships with a tall smokestack rising from the roof. There are two tall masts, one ahead of the cabin and one behind, and there are cranes on the masts. A lifeboat is hung from the side of the cabin at right. There is another similar steamer in the background at left, and two large sailing vessels are anchored in the background at right.

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Title View of the steamer San Gabriel, later lost with her crew along the Mexican coast, ca.1900

Subject Harbors (lcsh), Harbors (adlf), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Los Angeles Harbors -- General views -- Undated (file heading), Shipping (lcsh), ships (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Wilmington (city or populated place)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m998

Identifier 12925 (accession number), CHS-12925 (call number), CHS-12925 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8905 (legacy record id), chs-m998 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-1018 (legacy record id), 1-50- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8905

Unique identifier UC139089

Legacy Identifier CHS-12925.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.6 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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