San Luis Obispo County Regional Photograph Collection

The San Luis Obispo County Regional Photographs Collection contains photographs, artwork, and postcards of San Luis Obispo City and County. The collection, comprised of both amateur and professional work, captures daily life and popular scenes and locations in the county. The bulk of the collection focuses on early twentieth-century San Luis Obispo. Collections dates between 1850-1980 (bulk 1890-1930). More information available at: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6c6037qw/.

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'Dad' Freeman at Sawtelle (front)
Local Identifier
168-5-a-10-12-01
Description

Disabled Civil War veteran Nathan John Freeman (1844-1923) standing in front of a pillar which reads 'Pacific Branch N.H.D.V.S.' The acronym stands for the National Home of Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The Sawtelle Veterans Home in Sawtelle, Los Angeles was built in 1888 to provide care for disabled volunteer soldiers from conflicts starting at the Civil War and ending roughly around the First World War.

Tents at Camp Ringgold
Local Identifier
168-5-a-10-08-02
Date Created
1908
Description

Pitched tents at Camp Ringgold in Atascadero.

[Military band]
Local Identifier
168-5-a-10-08-06
Date Created
1908
Description

Military band with brass instruments in formation.

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