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Title
View of Morro Rock from across the lake, ca.1900
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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 view of Morro Rock from across the lake, ca.1900. The tall mound of Morro Rock is visible in the left distance, a flat, beach-like shore visible in front of it with a dock extending from it to the right. In the foreground, unkempt grass is visible on a small slope, from which trees can be seen hanging in from the righ hand side. The tops of a few posts can be seen above the surface of the lake in the lefhand side.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
transparencies
photographs
Identifier
chs-m14161
USC-1-1-1-14322 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-9124
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14161
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-9124.jpg
Subject
Rocks
San Luis Obispo County--Morro Rock
Natural rock formations
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
12 miles west of San Luis Obispo
California
San Luis Obispo
USA
Source
1-208- [Microfiche number]
9124 [Accession number]
CHS-9124 [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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