Port of Los Angeles and Santa Monica bluffs photographs
Scope and Contents
A collection of eight photographic prints of Los Angeles, CA taken between 1906 and 1907. Seven of the photographs are dated January 1, 1906. The 1906 photographs show the Port of Los Angeles in the San Pedro Bay. The eigth photograph is dated July 1907 and shows the Santa Monica bluffs looking toward Ocean Park. Julie A. Page of the California Preservation Program donated these photographs to USC in 2015. Page noted that all of the photographs in this collection were probably taken by A. W. (Aurelius Winfield) Hilton, City Attorney of Los Angeles and founder of Pasadena.
Dates
- Creation: 1906 - 1907
Creator
- Hilton, A. W. (Aurelius Winfield) (Photographer, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections 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.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Extent
0.02 Linear Feet (1 pamphlet binder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A collection of eight photographic prints of Los Angeles, CA taken between 1906 and 1907. Seven of the photographs are dated January 1, 1906. The 1906 photographs show the Port of Los Angeles in the San Pedro Bay. The eigth photograph is dated July 1907 and shows the Santa Monica bluffs looking toward Ocean Park. Julie A. Page of the California Preservation Program donated these photographs to USC in 2015. Page noted that all of the photographs in this collection were probably taken by A. W. (Aurelius Winfield) Hilton, City Attorney of Los Angeles and founder of Pasadena.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Julie Page, 2015.
Subject
- Hilton, A. W. (Aurelius Winfield) -- Photographs (Person)
- Port of Los Angeles -- Photographs (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Photographs
- San Pedro Bay (Calif. : Bay) -- Photographs
- Santa Monica (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources
- Santa Monica (Calif.) -- Photographs
- Santa Monica Bay (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for the Port of Los Angeles and Santa Monica bluffs photographs
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Bo Doub
- Date
- 2021 September
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu