California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Exterior view of Colonel Purcell's old adobe house in San Gabriel, June 4, 1930

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Exterior view of Colonel Purcell's old adobe house in San Gabriel, June 4, 1930

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Photograph of an exterior view of Colonel Purcell's old adobe house in San Gabriel, June 4, 1930. The two-story building can be seen at center. A covered porch wraps around the entire building, and ivy can be seen growing up the supporting columns. The roof is covered with wooden shingles, and dormer windows can be seen projecting out from the roof. Two brick chimneys are visible as well. Several trees can be seen in front of and behind the house.

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Title Exterior view of Colonel Purcell's old adobe house in San Gabriel, June 4, 1930

Subject Adobe houses (lcsh), Purcell (subject), Purcell Adobe (subject), residential sites (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 328 North Mission Road (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), San Gabriel (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1930-06-04

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 17 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

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

Date Created 1930-06-04

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-m23550

Identifier 49967 (accession number), CHS-49967 (call number), CHS-49967 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-21796 (legacy record id), chs-m23550 (legacy record id), USC (project), ARCH-150 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 21796

Unique identifier UC127367

Legacy Identifier CHS-49967.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 27.9 in × 20.1 in at 300dpi
70.8 cm × 51.2 cm at 300dpi

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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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