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Two Panoramas of the Los Angeles Harbor at San Pedro, 1908-1926
BANC PIC 19xx.109--ALB  
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    Collection Title: Two Panoramas of the Los Angeles Harbor at San Pedro
    Date (inclusive): 1908-1926
    Collection Number: BANC PIC 19xx.109--ALB
    Photographer: W.E. Brooks, D.E. Hughes (1908 panorama); Sunset Photo Supply Company (1926 panorama)
    Extent: Two panorama photographs, connected with cheesecloth backing, each comprising 8 photographic prints (27 x 35 cm. each); compiled in one album, 31 x 42 cm. 16 digital objects
    Repository: The Bancroft Library.
    University of California, Berkeley
    Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
    Phone: (510) 642-6481
    Fax: (510) 642-7589
    Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
    URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
    Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English

    Information for Researchers

    Access

    Collection stored off-site. Advance notice required for use.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Pictorial Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
    Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Two Panoramas of the Los Angeles Harbor at San Pedro, 1908-1926, BANC PIC 19xx.109--ALB, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

    Digital Representations Available

    Digital representations of selected original pictorial materials are available in the list of materials below. Digital image files were prepared from selected Library originals by the Library Photographic Service. Library originals were copied onto 35mm color transparency film; the film was scanned and transferred to Kodak Photo CD (by Custom Process); and the Photo CD files were color-corrected and saved in JFIF (JPEG) format for use as viewing files.

    Administrative Information

    Acquisition Information

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    Scope and Content

    The Two Panoramas of the Los Angeles Harbor at San Pedro album contains two 8-plate panorama photographs of the Los Angeles Harbor, one taken in 1908, the other in 1926. Both panoramas picture the same section of the harbor, and were taken from the same Wilmington location. Regarded together, the panoramas illustrate the considerable overall urban expansion which took place during the early decades of the twentieth century in a location which would become one of the largest port areas in the nation. The 1908 panorama shows a practically undeveloped expanse of water, marshland, and distant hills, traversed by a single railroad line, with a few unidentified buildings scattered throughout. The 1926 panorama shows a thriving harbor area, replete with industrial and commercial activity and, in the distance, much residential development. Businesses pictured in the 1926 panorama include the Los Angeles Yacht Club, Union Oil, Southern Pacific Creosoteing Plant, Wilmington Boat Works, Panama Mail Steamship Company, Fellows & Stewart Boat Builders, Santa Catalina Island Steamer Terminal, Pacific Coast Borax Company, and General Petroleum Corporation. Pictured in the distance of the same panorama is the community of San Pedro and the Signal Hill oil fields.
    The cover of the album is embossed: "Geo. [i.e. George] E. Cryer / Mayor / City of Los Angeles."
    The title caption on the first plate of the 1908 panorama reads: "Inner Bay of San Pedro, from railroad tank, Wilmington, Nov. 5th 08, 7.45 to 8.42 a.m. 8 plates, by W.E. Brooks, Photo. Assisted by D.E. Hughes." Each plate is numbered and lists the time that the plate was photographed and the concurrent tide measurement.
    The title caption of the 1926 panorama reads: "March 6, 1926 --Tide +2 feet. Photos by Sunset Photo Supply, San Pedro, Cal." Each plate is numbered and captioned.
    The two panoramas are connected with a cheesecloth backing, allowing them to be folded together to fit into the album.