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Title
Serra Museum and Presidio Park in San Diego, ca.1930
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1930
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 Serra Museum and Presidio Park in San Diego, ca.1930. Various trees and palms are visible in the foreground towards the background. The foliage is interrupted by a grass lawn at left. A two-story white building with small, arched windows can be seen beyond the trees. A bell tower is visible to the left of the building, while an arched walkway is visible to the right. Open land is visible in the left background. Photoprint reads: "Serra Museum, memorial to Father Junipero Serra, is of simple classic design. From its tower, rising 70 feet in height, there is a broad view of mountain, valley, land and sea coast. It is open to the public".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
9 x 14 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m8710
USC-0-1-1-8842 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-43250
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m8710
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-43250.jpg
Subject
San Diego County--San Diego--Old Town
San Diego Presidio
Views
Museum buildings
Time Period
circa 1930
Place
California
San Diego
USA
Source
43250 [Accession number]
CHS-43250 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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