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Description
Photograph of the pavement made from whale bones at Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Monterey, ca.1900. The discs cut from whale vertebra pave the way in front of an entrance. Smaller bones are inlaid at center.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w 17x 22 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
Carmel Mission Marine Life Mission San Carlos Mission San Carlos (Monterey) Missions--Mission Carmel (San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo) Mission Carmel--San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Missions, Spanish Religious facilities
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California Carmel Monterey USA
Source
1-126-9 [Microfiche number] 4094 [Accession number] CHS-4094 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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