View of the wharf and Custom House area, Monterey, ca.1900

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Photograph of a view of the wharf and Custom House area, Monterey, ca.1900. The small, sandy beach is in the foreground at center. Several beachgoers, mostly women are seated on the sand. There is a rocky wall beyond the beach at center, and a wooden wharf at right. A large crowd of people is walking along a sidewalk near the top of the wall at right. A collection of one- and two-story wooden buildings is visible behind the wharf at right. Small waves are breaking on the beach at right, and a small boat can be seen on the rocks at center.; Legible signs include, from left to right: "Emporium Fish Market", "Electro Dental Co.", and "Monterey Boating Club".
Additional information: Originally, the image was captioned as "View of a beach in Pacific Grove, Monterey, ca.1900". Corrected 2023-01-10.

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Title View of the wharf and Custom House area, Monterey, ca.1900

Subject Beaches (adlf), Beaches (lcsh), Monterey County -- Pacific Grove (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Monterey (city or populated place), Monterey (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1900

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7612

Identifier 14373 (accession number), CHS-14373 (call number), CHS-14373 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7851 (legacy record id), chs-m7612 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-7741 (legacy record id), 1-204- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7851

Unique identifier UC123809

Legacy Identifier CHS-14373.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 14.1 in × 10.2 in at 300dpi
35.9 cm × 26.0 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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