California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior view of the Francisco Castro adobe in El Cerrito, shown from the patio, ca.1900

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Exterior view of the Francisco Castro adobe in El Cerrito, shown from the patio, ca.1900

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Francisco Castro adobe in El Cerrito shown from the patio, ca.1900. Two early automobiles are parked in the nook created by the juncture of two perpendicular, two-story adobes which are shown in the background and to the left. The adobe to the left is comprised of whitewashed brick for the lower level, and features wooden siding above. The adobe in the background is sided with wood throughout, and features a balcony that serves as an awning for the lower level. A bare, gnarled tree grows at their intersection just left of center. The adobe was originally part of a 19,000 acre ranch granted to Castro in 1823. Later only five or six acres were attached to the adobe.

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Title Exterior view of the Francisco Castro adobe in El Cerrito, shown from the patio, ca.1900

Subject Adobe houses (lcsh), Castro, Francisco (subject), Contra Costa County (file heading), residential sites (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), El Cerrito (city or populated place), Riverside (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

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

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m6941

Identifier 12388 (accession number), CHS-12388 (call number), CHS-12388 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6996 (legacy record id), chs-m6941 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-7056 (legacy record id), 1-34- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6996

Unique identifier UC121719

Legacy Identifier CHS-12388.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.7 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
52.7 cm × 41.4 cm at 300dpi

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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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