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Title
Exterior view of the first custom house in California, an adobe structure in Monterey, ca.1890
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1890
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 exterior view of the first custom house in California, an adobe structure in Monterey, ca.1890. A two-story structure with a covered balcony surrounding it can be seen at center. Other buildings adjacent to it follow the line of railroad tracks into the distance at left. At least two men can be seen under the balcony. Hills can be seen in the background. Photoprint or photonegative reads: "Signing constitution h. inside".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm., 20 x 25 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m7517
USC-1-1-1-7644 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-322
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7517
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-322.jpg
Subject
Building, Adobe
Customs administration--Buildings
Monterey County--Monterey--Architecture
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1890
Place
California
Monterey
USA
Source
1-204- [Microfiche number]
322 [Accession number]
CHS-322 [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
USC
chs-m265

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