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Title
Exterior view of the old San Diego courthouse, taken from the water tower behind the Horton house looking west, ca.1873
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1873
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 the exterior of the old San Diego courthouse, taken from the water tower behind the Horton house looking west, ca.1873. The courthouse is on the right of the image and is a large rectangular building adjoining a lot surrounded by a stone wall. First Street is in the foreground, and there is a row of small houses on the far side of it. In front of First Street are several small gardens surrounded by a wooden fence. San Diego Bay visible in the background, along with a long pier and flat island.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m8699
USC-1-1-1-8831 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-10129
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m8699
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-10129.jpg
Subject
San Diego County--San Diego--Old Town
Views
Courthouses
Court houses
Time Period
circa 1873
Place
"D" Street
1st Street
California
San Diego
USA
Source
1-46- [Microfiche number]
10129 [Accession number]
CHS-10129 [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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