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Title	Exterior view of California's first custom house, Monterey, ca.1887-1890
Description	Photograph of an exterior view of California's first custom house, Monterey, ca.1877-1890. The two-story structure overlooks the railroad tracks at right across the foreground. A covered porch runs around the perimeter of the second story. A tall flagpole(?) can be seen on the right corner of the structure. A few other houses are visible to the left and across the street to the right. Legible posters on the side of the building read: "Coming, coming, Metropolitan Theatre Co., performed by a sterling company of players headed by Mr. Geller Amiraux and Miss Alma Shyrma, elegant wardrobe, elaborate stage settings, first-class company of artists, don't fail to come, popular prices [...], Monterey Opera House, Wednesday ev'g Apr. 6", "Richards & Pringles & Georgias, one night, Tuesday, Mar. 22", "Coming, coming, Metropolitan Theatre Co. in a new repertoire of comedies, dramas, latest plays, special scenery, elegant wardrobe, elaborate stage settings, first-class company of artists, don't fail to come, popular prices [...], Monterey Opera House, Wednesday ev'g Apr. 6", "Richards & Pringles & Georgias, one night, Tuesday, Mar. 22", "Presenting the comedy drama, The black flag!!, the sterling melodrama, The miner", "a cyclorama of city life, Friday evening May 20, Saturday evening May 21, popular prices 25¢ & 50¢, no recess", and "American tour, Tyndall the mind reader, [...] at the Press Public & Medical Fraternity, world's mystifier, Monterey Opera House, Wednesday ev'g Apr. 6th".
Subject (adlf)	buildings
Subject (file heading)	Monterey County -- Monterey -- Architecture
Subject (lcsh)	Customs administration -- Buildings
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Monterey
Geographic subject (county)	Monterey
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1887/1890
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1887/1890
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	1438
Call number	CHS-1438
Microfiche number	1-204-
Legacy record ID	chs-m7540; USC-1-1-1-7667
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-1438
Archival file	chs_Volume59/CHS-1438.tiff

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