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Title
Exterior view of a lighthouse in Ventura County, 1939
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1939
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 lighthouse in Ventura County, 1939. At center a two-story building is visible with a four-story lighthouse tower at its center. The building has an inclined roof, a balcony on the second story, and a covered porch. The tower has a light on top, which is surrounded by a low fence. A small one-story building is visible to the left of the lighthouse, while a car is parked at right. A wooden fence surrounds the buildings and front lawn, which contains small gardens encircled by white rocks. Sand dunes, utility poles, and mountains are visible in the background at left, while trees are visible in the background at right. Photoprint reads: "Sold to American Legion and moved away".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 25 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10167
USC-1-1-1-10309 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-8379
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10167
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-8379.jpg
Subject
American Legion
Lighthouses
Automobiles
Ventura County--General--Architecture
Reference locations
Time Period
1939
Place
California
USA
Ventura
Source
8379 [Accession number]
CHS-8379 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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