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Image / Painting of the Cliff House and Seal Rocks in San Francisco, ca.1878

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Title
Painting of the Cliff House and Seal Rocks in San Francisco, ca.1878
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1878
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 painting of the Cliff House and Seal Rocks in San Francisco, ca.1878. Multiple carriages, riders, and people are visible on the beach. A building reading, "Cliff House" is depicted in the right background on the edge of a cliff. A few ships are visible on the ocean in the background, while rocks can be seen jutting out of the ocean. Mountains are visible in the distance.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
18 x 25 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m9028
USC-1-1-1-9166 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-8684
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9028
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-8684.jpg
Subject
Cliff House
Rocks
Seals (Animals)
Restaurants, lunch rooms, etc
San Francisco County--Architecture--Cliff houses and seal rocks
Beaches
Time Period
circa 1878
Place
California
San Francisco
USA
Source
8684 [Accession number]
CHS-8684 [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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