Beached whale, California coast (CHS-205)

Description:

Description: English: Beached whale, California coast Photograph of a group of about 40 people (mostly men in front, women and children in back) looking at a beached whale, California coast. There is a cable or line around the whale, at right, extending to the left of the image. The beach is rocky. Part of the face of a cliff is visible at extreme left. Call number: CHS-205 Filename: CHS-205 Coverage date: circa 1910 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Format: glass plate negatives Type: images Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number: 205 Microfiche number: 1-107-1 Archival file: chs_Volume76/CHS-205.tiff Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 16.5 x 21.5 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Project: USC Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: circa 1910 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs Geographic subject (state): California Legacy record ID: chs-m11968; USC-1-1-1-12120 Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Subject (file heading): Industry -- Fishing Subject (lcsh): Fishing; Whales. Date: circa 1910 date QS:P,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902(date created). Source: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/11377. Author: Unknown authorUnknown author.