The Herbert Howe Bancroft ranch in Spring Valley, San Diego, 1886

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Photograph of the Herbert Howe Bancroft ranch in Spring Valley, San Diego, 1886. The dilapidated ranch is comprised of a long single-story house (or building) enclosed by wooden fences. Trees cover the left area in front of the house but inside of the fence. A windmill is visible behind the house at right. Large boulders, cacti clusters (left) and a stack of hay (right) are visible in the foreground. Mountains are visible in the distance. Picture file card reads: "Was considered one of the most promising ranches near the city of San Diego. It contained 700 acres largely planted to raisins, grapes, olives, and guavas."

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Title The Herbert Howe Bancroft ranch in Spring Valley, San Diego, 1886

Subject agricultural sites (adlf), Bancroft, Herbert (subject), Ranches (lcsh), San Diego -- General (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), San Diego (city or populated place), San Diego (counties), Spring Valley (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1886

Type images

Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1886

Creator Friend, H. (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-m8790

Identifier 5302 (accession number), CHS-5302 (call number), CHS-5302 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-9159 (legacy record id), chs-m8790 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-8923 (legacy record id), 1-46- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 9159

Unique identifier UC138718

Legacy Identifier CHS-5302.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.8 in × 15.4 in at 300dpi
50.4 cm × 39.1 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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