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Title
Small house being swept to sea in Long Beach, ca.1910
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1910
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 small house being swept to sea in Long Beach, ca.1910. The dilapidated home can be seen at center. The back portion of the structure is missing, while much of the front part has been destroyed. The windows and doors are missing as well. A large box can be seen next to the house at right. The house is sitting on sand in shallow, frothy surf.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5897
USC-1-1-1-6005 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-32805
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5897
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-32805.jpg
Subject
Dwellings
Architecture, Domestic
Los Angeles County--Long Beach--Architecture--Domestic
Oceans
Time Period
circa 1910
Place
California
Long Beach
Los Angeles
USA
Source
32805 [Accession number]
CHS-32805 [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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