California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of Castle Rock from a side hill in Santa Monica, ca.1908

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View of Castle Rock from a side hill in Santa Monica, ca.1908

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Photograph of a view of Castle Rock from a side hill in Santa Monica, ca.1908. The large rock formation can be seen near the edge of the ocean at center. Several smaller rocks are visible in the water, and a larger rock can be seen at left. A narrow strip of sandy beach can be seen in the foreground at right, while a hill is visible at left. A narrow dirt road can be seen on a graded section of the hill at left.

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Title View of Castle Rock from a side hill in Santa Monica, ca.1908

Subject Beaches (lcsh), natural rock formations (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Pacific Coast Highway (roadway), Santa Monica (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1908

Type images

Format 2 photographs : 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 1908

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-m23598

Identifier 49978 (accession number), CHS-23623 (call number), CHS-49978 (call number), CHS-49978 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-21858 (legacy record id), chs-m23598 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 21858

Unique identifier UC127463

Legacy Identifier CHS-49978.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.7 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
47.6 cm × 33.5 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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