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A view of San Pedro to the right and the highlands of Palos Verdes on the left.The Coast Survey Schooner EWING and Steamer ACTIVE are to the left of Dead Man's Island in this image, directly in front of what is now the major port area forLos Angeles. In: Pacific Coast. Coast Pilot of California, Oregon, andWashington Territory. By George Davidson, 1869. P. 15. Call No. VK947.D4 1869. (Image credit: Archival photograph by Mr. Steve Nicklas)