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Title
Girl trapped on a rock formation in off Point Fermin as the tide comes in, San Pedro, ca.1891
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1891
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 girl trapped on a rock formation in off Point Fermin as the tide comes in, San Pedro, ca.1891. The girl stands on the edge of a slab of rock extending from a pillar of stone that is surrounded by water. Her arms are outstretched, a hat and cloat at her feet. Water is rushing in to cover the ground in front of her. Picture file card reads: "caught when the tide came in off Point Fermin". Compares to CHS-291.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4464
USC-1-1-1-14363 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-7653
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4464
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-7653.jpg
Subject
Lighthouses
Ocean
Rocks
Los Angeles--San Pedro and Wilmington--Point Fermin and Point Fermin Lighthouse
Natural rock formations
Time Period
circa 1891
Place
California
Los Angeles
San Pedro
USA
capes: Point Fermin
Source
1-50-116 [Microfiche number]
7653 [Accession number]
CHS-7653 [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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