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View of the Morro Rock in San Luis Obispo County, California, 1900-1930
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View of the Morro Rock in San Luis Obispo County, California, 1900-1930
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Description
Photograph of a view of the Morro Rock in San Luis Obispo County, California, 1900-1930. The 576 feet rock has an almost semi-circular shape. The setting sun casts a linear reflection in the water. Several sailboats wade in the water near the foreground. Waves are making its way to the shores towards the right.; "Morro Rock, at 576 feet, is the northern most visible member of the Nine Sisters. It is probably the most photographed of all the Morros, and provides a unique outcropping to the entrance of Morro Bay. Morro Rock has been an important mariner's navigational landfall for over 300 years. It was chronicled in the diaries of Portola, Fr. Creaspi and Costanso in 1769 when they camped near this area on their trek to find Monterey. Sometimes called the Gibraltar of the Pacific, it is the last in the famous chain of nine peaks, which extends from the City of San Luis Obispo. Morro Rock was first sighted in 1542 by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo who named it "El Morro". In Spanish "Morro" means crown shaped hill. The rock itself was mined on and off until 1963. Morro Rock provided material for the breakwater of Morro Bay and Port San Luis Harbor. In 1966 a bill was introduced which transferred the full title to the State of California. Later the San Luis Obispo County Historical Society and the City of Morro Bay succeeded in getting the Morro Rock declared as California Registered Historical Landmark #821. Morro Rock also became State Landmark #801 in 1968. The rock has since been designated a bird sanctuary for the Peregrine Falcon and other bird species." -- Gary Felsman, ca.2000.
Asset Metadata
Title
View of the Morro Rock in San Luis Obispo County, California, 1900-1930
Subject
Natural features -- Rock formations
(file heading),
natural rock formations
(adlf),
Rocks
(lcsh),
San Luis Obispo County -- Morro Rock
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
San Luis Obispo
(city or populated place),
San Luis Obispo
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1900 to 1930
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 to 1930
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.
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17541
Identifier
5957 (
accession number
), CHS-5957 (
call number
), CHS-5957 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-m17541 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14308 (
legacy record id
), chs-c65-17533 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14322 (
legacy record id
), 1-80-34 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
17533
Unique identifier
UC142688
Legacy Identifier
CHS-5957.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.3 in × 15.3 in at 300dpi
49.0 cm × 39.0 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Date Created
1860 to 1960