Palo Alto tree and San Francisquito Creek, the site of Portola's camp from November 6-11, 1769, [s.d.]

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Photograph from the book "The Beginnings of San Francisco" of the Palo Alto tree and San Francisquito Creek, the site of Portola's camp from November 6-11, 1769, [s.d.]. The tall evergreen tree is at center, surrounded by a host of smaller trees. The creek is at right, and is crossed by a metal trestle bridge. The bank on which the tree is growing is supported by a large brick wall. Palo Alto means "tall tree" in Spanish.

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Title Palo Alto tree and San Francisquito Creek, the site of Portola's camp from November 6-11, 1769, [s.d.]

Subject Bridges (adlf), Bridges (lcsh), Historic trees (lcsh), Portola (file heading), Santa Clara County -- General (file heading), Trees (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Palo Alto (city or populated place), Santa Clara (counties), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 18 x 13 cm., 22 x 17 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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)

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-m8522

Identifier 11535 (accession number), CHS-11535 (call number), CHS-11535 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-9010 (legacy record id), chs-m8522 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-8658 (legacy record id), 1-211- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 9010

Unique identifier UC138416

Legacy Identifier CHS-11535.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.6 in × 18.2 in at 300dpi
32.1 cm × 46.2 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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