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Title
Map of southern California coast line made by Lieutenant R. S. Williams, a U.S. topological engineer, 1853
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Williams, Lt. R.S., cartographer
Date Created and/or Issued
1853
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of a map of southern California coast line made by Lieutenant R. S. Williams, a U.S. topological engineer, 1853. The map shows the southern california coast, rivers that empty out into the Earthquake Bay, major cities along the coast, and nearby islands off the coast.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
maps
Identifier
chs-m13232
USC-1-1-1-13385 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-8315
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13232
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-8315.jpg
Subject
Coasts
Maps--California
Williamson, Lieutenant R. S
Time Period
1853
Place
California
USA
Source
8315 [Accession number]
CHS-8315 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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