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Free Harbor Jubilee, Los Angeles and San Pedro, April 1899 poster – Vintage Poster

Free Harbor Jubilee, Los Angeles and San Pedro, April 1899 poster — vintage poster
Free Harbor Jubilee, Los Angeles and San Pedro, April 1899 poster. Vintage poster from the The West collection.

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Step back in time with Free Harbor Jubilee, Los Angeles and San Pedro, April 1899 poster, a vintage poster rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Free Harbor Jubilee, Los Angeles and San Pedro, April 1899 poster

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The Free Harbor Jubilee of April 1899 was a civic celebration of Los Angeles and San Pedro's long campaign for a public, deep-water port. For years, shippers in the region had depended on the Southern Pacific Railroad, which controlled the wharf at Santa Monica and set the rates goods paid to reach market. The free harbor movement pushed for a port at San Pedro that the city and its neighbors could use without railroad tolls, and the poster reflects the boosterism and civic pride behind that fight. It is a useful reminder of how closely Southern California's growth depended on access to the sea.

Original scan6,508 × 8,766 px · prints to 22 × 29 in at 300 dpi
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