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Title
Unearthed stones during excavations of the Presidio in San Diego, ca.1895
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1895
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 unearthed stones during excavations of the Presidio in San Diego, ca.1895. A collection of rough stones are shown in close-up, surrounded by desert sand. To the right, a small swath of sedge grass can be seen. In the background, sparse desert vegetation can be seen. Picture file card reads "Evacuated 1931".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m8708
USC-1-1-1-8840 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-9505
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m8708
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-9505.jpg
Subject
San Diego County--San Diego--Old Town
San Diego Presidio
Views
Historical sites
Time Period
circa 1895
Place
California
San Diego
USA
Source
1-46- [Microfiche number]
9505 [Accession number]
CHS-9505 [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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