Los Angeles Harbor at San Pedro: Two Panoramas, 1908 and 1926, 1908-1926
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Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Two Panoramas of the Los Angeles Harbor at San Pedro
- Dates:
- 1908-1926
- Creators:
- 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
- Language:
- Collection materials are in English
- Preferred citation:
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[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
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Acquisition information:
- Unknown
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1996
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid generated by GenX; markup validated by The Bancroft Library using CDL validation tools; Date of source: May 2015
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection stored off-site. Advance notice required for use.
- Terms of access:
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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:
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[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
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481