Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of Navy training ship U.S.S. Ranger in San Diego harbor, ca.1884-1885. The ship has three main masts. Her starboard bow is pointed to the right. A pilot(?) boat is anchored alongside. Docks along the coast are visible in the background including two other large sailing vessels. A small rowboat manned by two men is visible in the left foreground. Some legible signs on shore include: "W.W. Stewart & Co., Storage and commission merchants, importers of Portland cement, plaster and uwe"[?], "Gray & Co., furniture and carpets", "Grand Pacific". The Ranger was in service until about 1910. Photoprint reads: "steam and sail".
Type
image
Format
4 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w 13 x 21 cm., 21 x 26 cm., 15 x 20 cm., 27 x 22 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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