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 construction of the breakwater in San Pedro for the harbor, ca.1900-1908. Large stone bricks can be seen stacked to form a breakwater that runs from the right foreground into the left background. The portion of the breakwater in the background is not completed. What appears to be a sort of wagon can be seen above the breakwater towards the background. Water can be seen at left. Turn of the century street views of San Pedro and Wilmington.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 10 x 16 cm. photographic prints photographs
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