California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of the Morro Rock in San Luis Obispo County, California, 1900-1930

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View of the Morro Rock in San Luis Obispo County, California, 1900-1930

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Photograph of a view of the Morro Rock in San Luis Obispo County, California, 1900-1930. The 576 feet rock has an almost semi-circular shape. The setting sun casts a linear reflection in the water. Several sailboats wade in the water near the foreground. Waves are making its way to the shores towards the right.; "Morro Rock, at 576 feet, is the northern most visible member of the Nine Sisters. It is probably the most photographed of all the Morros, and provides a unique outcropping to the entrance of Morro Bay. Morro Rock has been an important mariner's navigational landfall for over 300 years. It was chronicled in the diaries of Portola, Fr. Creaspi and Costanso in 1769 when they camped near this area on their trek to find Monterey. Sometimes called the Gibraltar of the Pacific, it is the last in the famous chain of nine peaks, which extends from the City of San Luis Obispo. Morro Rock was first sighted in 1542 by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo who named it "El Morro". In Spanish "Morro" means crown shaped hill. The rock itself was mined on and off until 1963. Morro Rock provided material for the breakwater of Morro Bay and Port San Luis Harbor. In 1966 a bill was introduced which transferred the full title to the State of California. Later the San Luis Obispo County Historical Society and the City of Morro Bay succeeded in getting the Morro Rock declared as California Registered Historical Landmark #821. Morro Rock also became State Landmark #801 in 1968. The rock has since been designated a bird sanctuary for the Peregrine Falcon and other bird species." -- Gary Felsman, ca.2000.

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Title View of the Morro Rock in San Luis Obispo County, California, 1900-1930

Subject Natural features -- Rock formations (file heading), natural rock formations (adlf), Rocks (lcsh), San Luis Obispo County -- Morro Rock (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), San Luis Obispo (city or populated place), San Luis Obispo (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900/1930

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 1900/1930

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-m17541

Identifier 5957 (accession number), CHS-5957 (call number), CHS-5957 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17533 (legacy record id), chs-m17541 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14308 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14322 (legacy record id), 1-80-34 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17533

Unique identifier UC142688

Legacy Identifier CHS-5957.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.3 in × 15.3 in at 300dpi
49.0 cm × 39.0 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

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

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