Drawing of the Bay of Monterey, with a figure on horseback, from Alexander Forbes' book, California: A History of Upper and Lower California, 1839

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Title	Drawing of the Bay of Monterey, with a figure on horseback, from Alexander Forbes' book, California: A History of Upper and Lower California, 1839
Description	Photograph of a drawing of the Bay of Monterey, with a figure on horseback, from Alexander Forbes' book, California: A History of Upper and Lower California, (London 1839), the first book on California written in English. There are two people conversing in the foreground of the picture under a large tree--a mounted man and a woman in a dress. The area around them is densely covered in foliage. In the background on the left side of the picture is a small house, while on the right side there are two ships on the water of the bay. There are mountains across the bay.
Subject	Forbes, Alexander
Subject (adlf)	capes
Subject (file heading)	Monterey County -- General
Subject (lcsh)	Views Horses Books
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Monterey
Geographic subject (county)	Monterey
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1839
Artist	Forbes, Alexander
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1839
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographs art
Accession number	9808
Call number	CHS-9808
Microfiche number	1-204-
Legacy record ID	chs-m7532; USC-1-1-1-7659
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-9808
Full text	mm
Archival file	chs_Volume59/CHS-9808.tiff

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