Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: At San Pedro Post, [Los Angeles] Cal[iforni]a
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Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Creator Name:
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Alden, James Madison (1834-1922), American, artist
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Title:
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At San Pedro Post, [Los Angeles] Cal[iforni]a
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Date:
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1855
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Materials:
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drawing on paper: pencil
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Dimensions:
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21.8 x 36.5 cm.
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Current Location:
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Bancroft Library.
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Address:
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Berkeley, California 94720-6000
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Object ID:
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BANC PIC 1963.002:0232--A
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Subject:
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- Buildings
- California, Southern
- Expeditions & surveys
- Los Angeles
region (Calif.)
- Military Facilities
- Drawings
- Travel sketches
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Content/Description:
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Notes:
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Simple, one story buildings grouped at left and right, US flag flying above one of them; animal hides dry in center. Set in flat, treeless terrain with hill in distance.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
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Notes:
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Handwritten title (LL). Signature and date (LL, within image): J.M. Alden, 1855. Signature (LR): J.M. Alden. Handwritten (on verso): Alexander & Banning's/at San Pedro, Cal[iforni]a/Oct[ober] 1855/J.M. Alden, "Ewing". Drawing was probably executed during U.S. Coast Survey by the hydrographic party under the command of Lieutenant Commander James Alden, U.S.N. Assistant.
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/tf096nb2p2
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