Exterior view of the old Whaling Station at Monterey, the first brick building in California, ca.1900

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Title	Exterior view of the old Whaling Station at Monterey, the first brick building in California, ca.1900
Description	Photograph of an exterior view of the old Whaling Station at Monterey, the first brick building in California, ca.1900. A two-story building can be seen at center, while two other buildings can be seen to the left of it behind a picket fence. A wooden slat fence on the right has writing on it. The fence was repaired at some point and the slats put back on not in the original order. A dirt road is visible in the foreground. Legible signs include: "A. Lewis & Co., [...] furniture, bedding, carpets, wallpaper, general housekeeping goods", ..."dry goods"....
Subject (adlf)	industrial sites
Subject (file heading)	Monterey County -- Monterey -- Architecture
Subject (lcsh)	Buildings Fishing Whaling
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Monterey
Geographic subject (county)	Monterey
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1900
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1900
Type	images
Format	glass plate negatives
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm., 20 x 25 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	327
Call number	CHS-327
Microfiche number	1-204-
Legacy record ID	chs-m7519; USC-1-1-1-7646
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-327
Full text	'•P:p-u- ' ■'
Archival file	chs_Volume59/CHS-327.tiff

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