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Title
Exterior view of Price Canyon adobe, between Pismo and Edna, August 1938
Date Created and/or Issued
1938-08
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 Exterior view of Price Canyon adobe, between Pismo and Edna, August 1938. In the foreground at center, wild shrubs and weeds grow alongside two wooden poles. Additional shrubs grow alongside the structure at left. In teh background at center, a large building can be seen. The simple wooden structure features a covered porch, brick chimney, and sloped roof. Several small windows line the sides of the building. To the left of the structure, clothes can be seen hanging on a wire. A pile of wood near a large tree stump is visible to the right of the porch. Another building is directly attached to the back of the building at center. Large trees can be seen overhead. Previous version of record stated: "Structure approximately two miles from Highway 101". "Price was the American owner of the north half of the Pison grant. He built a large two-story adobe school building, the ruins of which are still standing...".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m539
USC-1-1-1-14319 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-12416
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m539
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-12416.jpg
Subject
Adobe houses
Ranches
San Luis Obispo County--General--Architecture
Buildings
Time Period
1938-08
Place
California
San Luis Obispo
USA
Source
1-34- [Microfiche number]
12416 [Accession number]
CHS-12416 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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