Image: Drawing of the presidio of early Santa Barbara, as seen in Alfred Robinson's "Life in California", ca.1839 (CHS-5760)

Description: Drawing of the presidio of early Santa Barbara, as seen in Alfred Robinson's "Life in California", ca.1839 Photograph of a drawing of the early Mexican Presidio of Santa Barbara — as seen in the Alfred Robinson book "Life in California", page 41, lithograph of Endicott, ca.1839. A small sailboat and a larger sailboat (frigate or schooner?) are traveling through the bay. Overlooking the bay is the pueblo of Santa Barbara. Further inland and to the right are a cluster of houses and buildings. Mission Santa Barbara sits on a hill closer to theSanta Ynez Mountains in the distance. Call number: CHS-5760 Filename: CHS-5760 Coverage date: circa 1839 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Format: glass plate negatives Type: images Geographic subject (city or populated place): Santa Barbara Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number: 5760 Microfiche number: 1-144-82 Archival file: chs_Volume70/CHS-5760.tiff Part of subcollection: Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): religious facilities Project: USC Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: circa 1839 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): photographs; art Geographic subject (state): California Subject (file heading): Mission Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara County -- Santa Barbara -- Presidio Legacy record ID: chs-m9906; USC-1-1-1-14095; USC-2-1-1-10046 Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Geographic subject (county): Santa Barbara Subject (lcsh): Fortification; Missions, Spanish Subject: Presidio
Title: Drawing of the presidio of early Santa Barbara, as seen in Alfred Robinson's "Life in California", ca.1839 (CHS-5760)
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