Image / Exterior view of the first custom house in California, Monterey, circa 1890

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Title: Exterior view of the first custom house in California, Monterey, circa 1890
Contributor: Pierce, C. C. --(Charles C.), --1861-1946 (collector)
Pierce, C. C. --(Charles C.), --1861-1946 (photographer)
Custom House (Monterey, Calif.) (subject)
University of California, Los Angeles. -- Library. -- Dept. of Special Collections (repository)
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Pierce (C.C.) Photographic Collection
Rights Information: copyrighted
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Description: View of the adobe custom house with covered balcony surrounding it next to railroad track. Two men are visible under the balcony. The custom house was built around 1827 by the Mexican government in the Pueblo de Monterey.
Same image as no. CHS-322 in the USC, Title Insurance and Trust / C.C. Pierce Photography Collection
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Type: image
Format: 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Identifier: piercephoto:175
uclamss_98pierce_xxxx_b0193
ark:/21198/zz002b1bpv
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Customhouses -- California -- Monterey
Adobe buildings -- California -- Monterey
Place: Monterey (Calif.)
Relation: C. C. Pierce Photographic Collection, Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA

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