Abalone fishing village, north of Santa Monica, California, ca.1900-1905

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Photograph of an abalone fishermen's village north of Santa Monica, California, ca.1900-1905. The wooden buildings have tin roofs. A tent is adjacent to one. Several men are working near wooden fishing boats. There are several stacks of half barrels in front of the tent. The beach is rocky. A road or path has been cut into the steep rocky embankment behind the village.; The meat of the abalone was considered a great delicacy among the Chinese and the shells were sold to curio dealers and manufacturers of shell jewelry.

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Title Abalone fishing village, north of Santa Monica, California, ca.1900-1905

Subject Abalone fisheries (lcsh), Fisheries (adlf), Fishing (lcsh), Industry -- Fishing (file heading), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Architecture -- Domestic (file heading), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Miscellaneous (file heading), Shellfish trade (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 1900/1905

Type images

Format 3 photograph : glass photonegative, photographs, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), photographic prints (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 1900/1905

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-m999

Identifier 1400 (accession number), CHS-1400 (call number), CHS-1400 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8906 (legacy record id), chs-m999 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-1019 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-12096 (legacy record id), 1-107-14 (microfiche number), 1-50-7 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8906

Unique identifier UC139108

Legacy Identifier CHS-1400.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.2 in × 13.0 in at 300dpi
43.8 cm × 33.2 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

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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