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Title: The longest wharf in the world, at Santa Monica
Creator: Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued: 1893
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of the Southern Pacific Wharf, also known as the Long Wharf at the Port of Los Angeles, with a ship docked at the end and several ships in the water, in Santa Monica, California. A locomotive is seen leaving the wharf and heading back to the shore.
"281. The longest wharf in the world, at Santa Monica."--text, on item. "Souvenir of California Pierce Photo 515 N. Main st, Los Angeles, Cal"--text, printed in front margin. Advertisement for Pierce Photo on verso. Title transcribed from item; date supplied by cataloger based on the history of the Long Wharf, which opened in 1893.
Type: Image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 photograph : print ; mount 13 x 21.5 cm
Identifier: photCL_555
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/19769
Subject: Long Wharf (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Locomotives
Schooners
Wharves
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Railroad trains
Photographs. (aat)
Place: Santa Monica (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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