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Title
San Pedro harbor, looking east, Los Angeles, about 1898
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa 1898]
1898
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph of the Port of Los Angeles viewed looking east from the Southern Pacific Railroad depot. The channel spans the width of the foreground and narrows as it extends into the distance. Barrier walls line the channel along the left and curve towards the center in the distance. A train depot(?) stands in the distance on the right side of the channel.
Text from negative sleeve: 1199. San Pedro, California. About 1898. 1. The harbor of San Pedro, looking east from the S.P.R.R. depot at the end of the wharf at the foot of Fifth Street I think it was. The Salt Lake line depot across the channel. 2. A fisherman on the wharf mending his net. 3. A fisherman by the station mending his net. 4. The breakwater under construction. About half a mile done. 4 films
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1199_002
ark:/21198/zz002hskt7
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Los Angeles Harbor (Calif.)
Channels--California--Los Angeles
Marines (Visual works)
Port of Los Angeles
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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