California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Exterior view of the ranch house of Santa Rita Ranch, showing part of an old adobe incorporated into a newer home in Monterey County, 1938

(USC DC Image)

Exterior view of the ranch house of Santa Rita Ranch, showing part of an old adobe incorporated into a newer home in Monterey County, 1938

Loading details...

You do not have the permission to view Original image

Photograph of an exterior view of the ranch house of Santa Rita Ranch, showing part of an old adobe incorporated into a newer home in Monterey County, 1938. The large ranch house on a hill is shown from a distance, comprised of three sections: a long section at center flanked by two smaller sections positioned at right angles. In the foreground, a picket fence is shown at the base of the hill, while farther in shrubbery obscures most of the house. Hills are visible in the background.; Picture file card reads "Was one of the early Mexican grants lying inland from the ocean near the summit of the road to Cambria...".

Asset Metadata

Title Exterior view of the ranch house of Santa Rita Ranch, showing part of an old adobe incorporated into a newer home in Monterey County, 1938

Subject Adobe houses (lcsh), Architecture, Domestic (lcsh), Dwellings (lcsh), Monterey County -- General (file heading), Ranches (lcsh), residential sites (adlf), Santa Rita Ranch (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Monterey (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1938-08

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1938-08

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

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-m7546

Identifier 12422 (accession number), CHS-12422 (call number), CHS-12422 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7677 (legacy record id), chs-m7546 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-7673 (legacy record id), 1-34- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7677

Unique identifier UC123456

Legacy Identifier CHS-12422.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.4 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
51.8 cm × 41.3 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

Linked assets

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Conceptually similar

Exterior view of the Arroyo Hondo adobe on the Old Ortega Rancho north of Santa Barbara, 1937

Exterior view of the front of the adobe ranch house of Rancho Las Alamos of Santa Elena, Santa Barbara County, 1937

Exterior view of the Punta de Laguna adobe on the 4,000 acre Righitti Ranch near Betteravia, Santa Barbara County, 1937

Exterior view of the Don Lopez Geronimo adobe ranch house, San Fernando Valley, 1898

Exterior view of an adobe house at Guadalupe, Santa Barbara County, 1937

Exterior of Hugo Reid's adobe on the Baldwin Ranch, showing a large pond in the foreground, ca.1939

Exterior view of an old adobe in Santa Barbara, 1898

Exterior view of the front north entrance of the de la Cuesta Ranch adobe south of the Santa Inez River and town of Buellton, Santa Barbara County, September 4, 1937

Exterior view of the de la Cuesta Ranch adobe south of the Santa Inez River and town of Buellton, Santa Barbara County, 1937

Exterior view of Adobe Jimeno and the ruins of the Convent of Santa Catalina in Monterey, ca.1900

Exterior view of the front veranda of an adobe ranch house of Rancho Las Alamos of Santa Elena, Santa Barbara County, September 4, 1937

Exterior view an adobe house on Rancho El Refugio del Ortegas in Arroyo Hondo, 1937

Exterior view of an adobe on the Hammel and Denker ranch, formerly Rancho Rodeo de Las Aguas in Beverly Hills, 1920

Exterior view of the old adobe on Rancho Los Alamos y Santa Elena, Santa Barbara County, September 4, 1937

Exterior view of an adobe at La Liebre Ranch (once Beale Ranch) on the west end of Antelope Valley, 1932

Exterior view on the Santa Margarita Ranch, San Diego, ca.1930

Exterior view of an adobe on the corner of De la Guerra Street and Santa Barbara Street, ca.1900

Exterior view of the Arallanes house, the oldest adobe in Santa Barbara, later used as a Community Welfare Center, ca.1936

Exterior view of an unidentified adobe, Los Angeles, 1900

Exterior view of the old Hugo Reid adobe on Rancho Santa Anita, ca.1940

Similar tones

View images with similar tones