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Title
Exterior view of the Point Fermin Light House, ca.1974
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1974
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 an exterior view of the Point Fermin Light House, ca.1974. This view shows the reconstructed lighthouse ca.1974. At center, the lighthouse can be seen, partially obscured by plant foliage and the leaves of a century plant. Bill Olesen rebuilt the tower, dismantled during the World War II shortly before the light house centennial. Originally built to warn vessels about headland and reefs in 1874.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m1035
USC-2-1-1-1070 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-44524
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1035
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-44524.jpg
Subject
Lighthouses
Los Angeles--San Pedro and Wilmington--LA Harbor--General
Los Angeles--San Pedro and Wilmington--Architecture--General
Reference locations
Time Period
circa 1974
Place
California
Los Angeles
San Pedro
USA
Source
44524 [Accession number]
CHS-44524 [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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