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Title
View of Venice Beach with the pier in the background, ca.1910
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
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 view of Venice Beach with the pier in the background, ca.1910. The beach is in the foreground at left and is occupied by a small number of people. The ocean is at right, and a large wave is crashing violently on shore. The pier is visible in the distance at right and extends past the edge of the photograph from the shore. Several large buildings can be seen on the pier, and an old wooden sailing ship is visible near the middle of the wharf. A large, rectangular buildng can be seen in the distance at left.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5019
USC-1-1-1-5121 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-14508
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5019
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-14508.jpg
Subject
Beaches
Los Angeles County--Los Angeles--Venice--General--Beach scenes
Time Period
circa 1910
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Venice
Source
1-56- [Microfiche number]
14508 [Accession number]
CHS-14508 [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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