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Title
Lithograph issued by Moye Wicks depicting a conception of the completed Port Ballona harbor, ca.1887
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1887
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 lithograph issued by Moye Wicks depicting a conception of the completed Port Ballona harbor, ca.1887. The harbor is in the lower left corner of the image and several tall-masted ships are visible. There is a series of walls dividing the harbor and directing shipping traffic within it. On a hill to the right of the harbor are several streets arranged in a grid. A few streets have trees lining parts of them. There are empty hills in the background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegatives, b&w
10 x 13 cm., 21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m2044
USC-1-1-1-2104 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-10529
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2044
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-10529.jpg
Subject
Harbors
Boats and boating
Ships
Shipping
Los Angeles County--Playa Del Rey
Park Ballona
Time Period
circa 1887
Place
California
Los Angeles
Playa del Rey
USA
Source
1-56- [Microfiche number]
10529 [Accession number]
CHS-10529 [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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