1. San Luis Obispo, City, circa 1870-1980
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A. Commercial
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Anderson Hotel, 955 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, undated
Anderson, J.L., men's clothes, business, San Luis Obispo, undated
J. P. Andrews Banking Company, 998 Monterey Street, mounted with Wilson, J. N., residence, San Luis Obispo, circa 1890s
The Arcade, San Luis Obispo, undated
Channel Commercial Company, wholesale grocers, 1880 Santa Barbara Street, San Luis Obispo, undated
Commercial Bank, 799 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, circa 1895
Eagle Hotel, Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo (reproduction), circa 1870-1890s
Golden Bar Margarine Packing, San Luis Obispo, 1921
Jerram's, jewelry store, San Luis Obispo, circa 1967
Obispo Theatre and Cheap Thrills after fire, corner of Osos and Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, 1975
Ramona Hotel, San Luis Obispo, 1905 and undated
San Luis Obispo County Abstract Company and Title Bureau, San Luis Obispo, undated
San Luis Obispo Morning Tribune, carrier's cards, San Luis Obispo, 1890
San Luis Obispo Tribune, 1890s 1916, undated
Sauer's Wholesale Grocery truck, San Luis Obispo, undated
Unidentified bank, San Luis Obispo, 1902
B. Streets and General Views
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Andrews Adobe, 1451 Andrews Street, San Luis Obispo, undated
Andrews Hotel, 998 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, 1886
Anholm Tract, Cerro San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, early 1920s
Bishop's Peak, San Luis Obispo, early 1920s
Boarding house, San Luis Obispo, undated
Downtown, San Luis Obispo, early 1920s
Downtown, contact prints, San Luis Obispo, circa 1980s
El Camino Real, entrance sign to downtown, reproduction, San Luis Obispo, 1934
"Fire on April 1886—Looking Down Court Street," San Luis Obispo, 1886
Froom Ranch Mine, San Luis Obispo, early 1920s
Garcia Adobe, Osos and Higuera Streets, San Luis Obispo, undated
"The [Great White] Fleet in San Luis Bay," photographer Frank Aston, reproductions, San Luis Obispo, 1908
Hays-Latimer Adobe, 642 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, circa 1900-1920
Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, circa 1950s
"Monterey St—looking west from Osos St," photographer Frank Aston, 1915
"Osos St—looking north from Monterey St" [County Courthouse and Andrews Hotel], photographer Frank Aston, 1915
Residential views, San Luis Obispo, 1900s early 1920s
Road maintenance, San Luis Obispo, circa 1900-1920s
San Luis Obispo, panoramic view from Terrace Hill, 1907
San Luis Obispo, views from Terrace Hill, circa 1900-1940s
San Luis Obispo, view from northeast, Metzler photograph, 1928
South Street, San Luis Obispo, circa 1930s
Unidentified buildings, San Luis Obispo, circa 1880s-1960s
Unidentified views, San Luis Obispo, 1920s and 1936
C. Municipal and Religious
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Academy of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, convent and school, Broad and Palm Streets, San Luis Obispo, undated
California Polytechnic School, San Luis Obispo, early 1920s
Carnegie Library, 696 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, 1941
Court School, Santa Rosa and Mill, San Luis Obispo, circa 1917, undated
Exposition Park Race Track, San Luis Obispo, circa 1920-23
French Hospital, 1160 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo, undated
Hall of Records, next to County Court House, Osos and Palm Streets, San Luis Obispo, undated
Mission Central High School [Mission College Preparatory High School], 682 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, 1941
Mission Plaza construction, San Luis Obispo, 1970
San Luis Obispo County Court House, San Luis Obispo, undated, 1907
San Luis Obispo Police outside Mission San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, mid 1930
San Luis Obispo Senior High School, undated
D. Transportation
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Railroad, San Luis Obispo, early 1920s
Southern Pacific Railroad, Stenner Creek Bridge, San Luis Obispo, 1900-1940
E. Portraits
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Brown, Ruthie, Marnie Pine, and Leah Madero, San Luis Obispo, undated
Cal Poly students on truck, circa1900-1920
Cass, Henry, Cayucos, undated
Cass, Margie, Cayucos, undated
Dallidet, Louis Pasqual, San Francisco, circa 1880s
Dallidet, Louis Pasqual, San Luis Obispo, undated
Dallidet, Paul, San Luis Obispo, 1920
Davis, Charles Frederick and Frederick Earl Davis, San Luis Obispo, undated
Davis, Charles F., proprietor of San Luis Post Card Store, 889 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, circa 1910s
Duubon, Miss Belle [sp?], and A. T. Dunlop, 1889
Group at Reservoir Canyon?, undated
Group photograph, identified on matting, outdoor setting, undated
Group photograph, Krider-Mallogh-Dana double wedding, Santa Maria, 1890
Group photograph, San Luis Obispo notables, including Young Louis, C.L. Smith, L. DeFosset [sp.] etc., photographer Frank Aston, circa 1940s
Hathaway, Dr. Amos R., San Luis Obispo, undated
Hollister Family and friends, reproduction, Hollister home at El Chorro Ranch, circa 1888
Horse show, Sleep-off-the-Hi-way auto court, South Higuera and South Street, San Luis Obispo, circa 1950s
Leffingwell, William, San Luis Obispo, undated
Luedke, Minnie Orcutt, San Luis Obispo, 1902
San Luis Obispo Police Officers, reproduction, circa 1898
School portrait, circa 1894-1895
San Luis Obispo High seniors, class of 1911, photographer Frank Aston, San Luis Obispo, 1911
Shriners, San Luis Obispo, undated
Tennis Club, San Luis Obispo, circa 1898
San Luis Obispo Football League, San Luis Obispo, circa 1903-4
"Shakespeare Club," San Luis Obispo, 1897
Van Wormer & Rodrigues, Inc, San Francisco, Cal Poly advertisement, 1941
Unidentified portraits
F. Events
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Cal Poly float, downtown San Luis Obispo, circa 1950s
Events, downtown San Luis Obispo, reproductions and originals, circa 1880s-1920s
Parade, San Luis Obispo, early 1920s
Snowstorm, San Luis Obispo, 1922
World War I Parade, San Luis Obispo, undated
2. San Luis Obispo County, circa 1880-1970
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A. South County
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Avila Beach, circa 1900-1950s
Blacks Confectionary, Arroyo Grande, circa 1907
Painted Rock, San Luis Obispo County, 1920s
Pismo Beach, 1931, undated
Port Harford and Marre Hotel, undated
Price Canyon adobe, Pismo Beach, undated
B. North County
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Atascadero, circa 1920s and undated
Eagle Ranch, Templeton, circa 1923 and undated
La Panza Post Office, La Panza, undated
Paso Robles, circa 1930s and undated
Rancho San Ignacio, Paso Robles, early 1920s
Rios-Caledonia Adobe, San Miguel, circa 1896
Salinas Dam, Santa Margarita Lake, circa 1940s
San Miguel Flour Mill, San Miguel, circa 1898
Templeton Church, Templeton, undated
C. Coastal San Luis Obispo County
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Cambria, reproductions, circa 1900
Cayucos, circa late 1950s-60s
Highway 1 under construction, Big Sur, undated
Hollister Adobe, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, circa 1970s
Morro Bay, 1920s-1980s
Piedras Blancas Light Station, 1920s
San Luis Obispo coast, Robert E. Kennedy, photographer, undated
San Luis Obispo coast, unidentified, undated
San Luis Obispo Creek Bridge, San Luis Obispo, 1949-50
San Simeon, 1920s, undated
Stator transported on Highway 1, San Luis Obispo, 1954
Unidentified Ranch, San Luis Obispo County, undated
D. Oversized Photographs
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Ah Louis Store, 800 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, circa 1960s
Cayucos Landing, Cayucos, mounted reproduction, undated
George O. Campbell's Ranch, near Cambria, undated
Group photograph, Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), including P.H. Dallidet, San Luis Obispo, undated
Group photograph, in front of Masonic Temple, San Luis Obispo, photographer Frank Aston, undated
Group photograph, San Luis Obispo, photographer Frank Aston, undated
Hathaway residence, San Luis Obispo, circa 1900s
3. Hearst Ranch, San Simeon, 1920s, 1934, undated
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A. Hearst Ranch, 1920s
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Hearst Ranch, San Simeon—A, B, and C Houses Exteriors, 1920s
Hearst Ranch, San Simeon—Animals, 1920s
Hearst Ranch, San Simeon—Art Objects, Exterior, 1920s
Hearst Ranch, San Simeon—Art Objects, Galatea on a Dolphin, 1920s
Hearst Ranch, San Simeon—Art Objects, Nine Muses Sarcophagus, 1920s
Hearst Ranch, San Simeon—Art Objects, Three Graces, 1920s
Hearst Ranch, San Simeon—Interior Views, 1920s
Hearst Ranch, San Simeon—Snow, 1922
Hearst Ranch, San Simeon—View from coast, 1920s
B. San Simeon Village
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Estrada, Francisco?, undated
Residence, San Simeon Village, 1934
C. Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument
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Tour, Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument, with Bob Doyle, undated
4. Art and Artifacts, 1850s-1930s
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A. Art
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"Dairy Scene, San Luis Obispo County," hand-tinted print from book, undated
"El Moro Rock," page from book, undated
"Guadalupe Largo & San Luis Harbor," U.S. Pacific Rail Road Expedition and Survey, lithograph, 1850s
"Mission and Plain of San Fernando." U.S. Pacific Rail Road Expedition and Survey, lithograph, 1850s
"Mission of Saint Luis Obispo, California," Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, print from book, circa 1850
"Mission of San Diego," U.S. Pacific Rail Road Expedition and Survey, lithograph, 1850s
Mission San Luis Obispo, by Mabel Aaron, watercolor, undated
"Morro Bay, California, from the south" and "Morro Rock, California, from the east," U.S. Geological Survey, lithograph, 1908
"Panoramic View of Hotel Paso Robles and Bath House, on the Road of a Thousand Wonders," oversized postcard, undated
"Perspective view of Baywood Park," souvenir map, circa 1930s
"Ridge of San Pablo Sandstone, San Luis Obispo District, California," and "The West Quarry, San Luis Obispo Bituminous Rock Company," U.S. Geological Survey, lithograph, 1902
San Luis Obispo Bicentennial, commemorative coin, 1972
San Luis Souvenir, "To Sister Sarah from Tillie," four original watercolors, undated
"Tidal lagoon formed by sand spit at mouth of San Luis Obispo Creek, California," U.S. Geological Survey, lithograph, 1908
"View of Benicia from the west," U.S. Pacific Rail Road Expedition and Survey, lithograph, 1850s
Views of San Luis Obispo County, prints from book, early 1900s
San Luis Obispo city scene, watercolor, framed, circa 1880s
5. Postcards, San Luis Obispo County, 1876-1962
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A. Postcards
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Avila and Oilport (Shell Beach), 1909, 1920, undated
Avila, Sulfur [Sulphur] Springs, Coast, 1909, 1912, early 1900s
Avila, Sulfur [Sulphur] Springs, Inland, 1910s, 1911
Arroyo Grande, 1909, undated
Atascadero, early 1900s 1930
Atascadero, postcard booklet, circa 1914
Cambria, 1910
Camp Ringgold, Atascadero, 1908
Coast, San Luis Obispo and Pismo, 1907-08, undated
Coast, San Luis Obispo and Pismo, postcard booklet, circa 1910s
Correspondence postcards, 1876-7, 1902, 1905
"'Dad' Freeman at Sawtelle [Veterans Home]," Los Angeles, undated
Hearst Castle State Park, 1962
Missions, non-local, undated
Mission San Antonio, undated
Mission San Luis Obispo, 1905, 1907-9, undated
Morro Bay, 1909, undated
Morro Bay postcard booklet, circa 1960s
Paso Robles, 1906-7, 1913, 1916, undated
Paso Robles Hot Springs Hotel, 1907-9, 1919, undated
Pismo Beach, 1907-1910, 1912, 1915, undated
San Luis Obispo—general and bird's eye views, 1908, 1919, undated
San Luis Obispo—commercial buildings (Hotel Andrews, Hotel Ramona, Motel Inn, Elks Hall, Elks Theatre), 1907, 1909, 1911, 1914, undated
San Luis Obispo—downtown street views, 1910-1, 1914, undated
San Luis Obispo—municipal buildings (County Courthouse, Carnegie Library, High School, Polytechnic School), 1909-10, 1913-4, 1918, undated
San Luis Obispo—religious buildings (Baptist Church, First Presbyterian Church, Convent/Academy of the Immaculate Heart), 1911, undated
San Luis Obispo County (Estrada Gardens, Horseshoe Curve, and wagon train), 1909, 1912, undated
San Miguel, 1909, undated
Santa Margarita, 1908, 1911, undated
Santa Maria, circa 1910s
Southern Pacific's Coast Daylight, 1958
Tank Farm, photographer Frank Aston, San Luis Obispo, 1910
Unidentified
B. Negatives
Scope and Content Note
Paso Robles
Paso Robles area, Sycamore Springs
Paso Robles Hardware Store
Paso Robles Hotel
Paso Robles Hotel, desk and interior
Paso Robles Hotel, dining room
Paso Robles Hotel, interior
Paso Robles Hotel, interior
Paso Robles—Hardware building and 12 mule team
Paso Robles—Mud Baths Building
Paso Robles—New Club House, Bowling Alley
San Luis Obispo aerial view
San Luis Obispo High School
San Luis Obispo street scene
San Luis Obispo street scene, Eagle Hotel and French Hotel in background
San Luis Obispo street scene —Sheriff, Fire Crew in 1890s, Monterey at Chorro, 1883
San Luis Obispo—Andrews Hotel
San Luis Obispo—Carnegie Library, before 1908
San Luis Obispo—Clapboard mission and police
San Luis Obispo—Higuera Street, postcard, 1920s
San Luis Obispo—Looking toward city from Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo—Lower Higuera, 1934
San Luis Obispo—Monterey Street, 1920s
San Luis Obispo—Monterey Street, 1930s
6. West Coast Regional Photographs, 1920s
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A. Southern California
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Boardwalks, unidentified, circa 1920s
Ramona's Marriage Place, Casa de Estudillo, San Diego, circa 1920s
Wrecked destroyers, Point Honda, 1923
B. Central and Northern California
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Monterey, circa 1930s
Yosemite, circa 1920s
C. Arizona
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Adamana and Painted Desert, Arizona, circa 1920s
D. California Missions
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Asistencia Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1920
Asistencia San Antonio de Pala, Pala, 1920
Asistencia Santa Margarita de Cortona, Santa Margarita, 1920 and undated
Mission La Purisima, Lompoc, circa 1920s and undated
Mission San Antonio de Padua, Fort Hunter Liggett, 1920 , 1927 , 1934 , 1949, undated
Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura, 1920
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Carmel, circa 1920
Mission San Diego de Alcalá, San Diego, 1920
Mission San Fernando Rey, 1920
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, San Gabriel, 1920
Mission San José, San Jose, 1920
Mission San Juan Bautista, San Juan Bautista, 1920 and undated
Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, 1920
Mission San Juan de Catarina, Baja California, reproduction, undated
Mission San Luis Obispo, 1891, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1947
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, San Luis Rey, 1920
Mission San Miguel Arcángel, San Miguel, 1920 and undated
Mission Santa Bárbara, Santa Barbara, 1920 and undated
Mission Santa Inéz, Santa Ynez, 1920
"Ramona Mission Church," unidentified, 1920
San Carlos Cathedral, Monterey, 1920s