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Title
Old Russian church (built 1812), Fort Ross, Sonoma County, California, ca.1885-1898
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1885/1898
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of an old Russian church (built 1812), Fort Ross, Sonoma County, California, ca.1885-1898. Constructed of wood, the building has two cylindrical towers, one with a cross on top, and a roof with a single peak. An adjacent wooden building has a shingled roof. A wood fence abuts the church at left. The buildings sit on a slight grade rising to the left. A man's had sits on a rock in the foreground.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
20 x 25 cm.
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
photographic prints
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16735
USC-1-1-1-14341 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4270
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16735
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4270.jpg
Subject
Buildings
Fortification
Fort Ross
Sonoma County--Fort Ross
Religious facilities
Time Period
circa 1885/1898
Place
California
Fort Ross
Sonoma
USA
Source
1-214- [Microfiche number]
4270 [Accession number]
CHS-4270 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
chs-m265

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