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Title
New York steam ship "Cuzco" being towed out of the Los Angeles Harbor channel, 1931
Date Created and/or Issued
1931-03-16
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 the New York steam ship "Cuzco" being towed out of the Los Angeles Harbor channel, 1931. At center, the small tugboat is pictured, pulling the much larger steam ship behind it to the right. The dock, city and hills are visible in the background, showing other moored ships. An additional ship is partially visible in the right foreground. A previous record reads: "W.R. Grace & Company freightor in the South American trade".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4704
USC-2-1-1-4802 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-37117
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4704
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-37117.jpg
Subject
Harbors
Shipping
Cargo ships
Los Angeles--San Pedro and Wilmington--Commercial fishing
W. R. Grace & Company
Time Period
1931-03-16
Place
California
Los Angeles
San Pedro
USA
Source
37117 [Accession number]
CHS-37117 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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