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Title
San Pedro Harbor with handwritten description, photocopy, April, 1907
Date Created and/or Issued
1907-04
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 San Pedro Harbor with handwritten description, photocopy, April, 1907. Several structures stand in the background on the left while docks stand in the calm water across the foreground. Handwritten description reads "Taken from T[...] Point. The left hand curved t[...] had been built earlier for the 'Huntington Concession', at the time the Pacific Electric built the double track down San Pedro Street. The left hand drudge is excavating the Southern Pacific S[...]. The right hand [...] in the 'San Pedro' depressing(?) the entrance channel to 20ft. Trestles & Sheet Pile Bulkheads for Outer Harbor Dock & Wharf Co. at San Pedro, Cal. Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Co. April, 1907".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4490
USC-0-1-1-4586
USC-1-1-1-4586 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-44497
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4490
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-44497.jpg
Subject
Harbors
Wharves
Docks
Ships
Railroads
Los Angeles--San Pedro and Wilmington--Los Angeles Harbor--General views--1900's--2 of 2
Time Period
1907-04
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Wilmington
San Pedro
Source
44497 [Accession number]
CHS-44497 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 832 [Identifying number]

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