Exterior view of old wooden jail, Cambria, San Luis Obispo County, August, 1938

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Photograph of an exterior view of an old, wooden jail in Cambria, San Luis Obispo County, August, 1938. The small, wooden jail stands at center with a long, U-shaped lock across its door. A small sign hangs above the door which reads "Cambria City Jail. Dirt lies in the foreground while tall plants and trees stand across the background. The jail is a relic of early American days and was probably built in the 1970's. The jail stands south of the central port of the town.

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Title Exterior view of old wooden jail, Cambria, San Luis Obispo County, August, 1938

Subject Adobe houses (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Ranches (lcsh), San Luis Obispo County -- General -- Architecture (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), San Luis Obispo (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

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12154

Identifier 12404 (accession number), CHS-12404 (call number), CHS-12404 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11644 (legacy record id), chs-m12154 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14319 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11644

Unique identifier UC129158

Legacy Identifier CHS-12404.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.5 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
52.1 cm × 40.7 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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