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Title
Drawing of the exterior of the Cliff House Restaurant and Seal Rocks in San Francisco, ca.1900
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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 a drawing of the exterior of the Cliff House Restaurant and Seal Rocks in San Francisco, ca.1900. A large five-story building is visible at center on the edge of a cliff. Covered balconies extend around the first two stories, and an open balcony is visible on the fourth story. Two towers are visible on either side of the building, while a three-story tower can be seen on the roof at center. Carriages are visible moving down a slope at right. Rocks can be seen jutting out of water at left, while ships and hills are visible in the left background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
14 x 22 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m9033
USC-0-1-1-9171 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-43269
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9033
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-43269.jpg
Subject
Cliff House
Restaurants, lunch rooms, etc
Ocean
Rocks
Seals (Animals)
San Francisco County--Architecture--Cliff houses and seal rocks
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California
San Francisco
USA
Source
43269 [Accession number]
CHS-43269 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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