Catalina ferry sailing through a channel in San Pedro harbor, Los Angeles, about 1910

Item Overview

Title

Catalina ferry sailing through a channel in San Pedro harbor, Los Angeles, about 1910

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

[circa 1910]

Date

1910

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Distant view of the Catalina ferry sailing through a channel and leaving the harbor in San Pedro. A rock wall lines the channel along the left edge of the image. The channel runs alongside it to the right. In the distance, the ferry sails towards both the camera and to the right, right-of-center. Smoke billows from its 2 smokestacks. It is surrounded by the water in the channel. In the far distance, the shoreline lines the channel at left and center.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1207. San Pedro, California, about 1910. The breakwater and Point Firmin [sic]. 1. 2. Two pictures of the Catalina Boat leaving San Pedro harbor. 3. Group on the point watching the boat. Think Glen Velzy, wife, Mrs G.M. West, Mary A West, with Frances and Elizabeth West are out in front and cannot well be seen. Some outsiders evidently came down behind us. 3 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Port of Los Angeles

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Marines (Visual works)
Ferries--American--California--Los Angeles