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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of the Santa Cruz area, ca.1860-1865. Caption: "Santa Cruz, from the beach. Sketched from the premises of Capt. Smith. The upper and lower portions of the town visible beyond the bottom-land. Party of excursionists returning from a shell-gathering picnic on the sea beach reporting an immense success." Twelve dressed-up people walk in the grassy area between two buildings (a house and barn?). One person is mounted on a horse. Two cows graze nearby.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w 21 x 26 cm. 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 5 x 7 in. photographic prints photographs art
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