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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Aftermath of a fire on Court Street
Local Identifier
168-5-a-11-03-05
Date Created
1886-04
Description

Ruins of a building on Monterey and Court Streets after a fire.

2 items in Collection
[View of Higuera Street Looking northeast]
Local Identifier
168-5-a-11-03-06
Date Created
1910-08-17
Description

Color postcard titled "Business Street, San Luis Obispo." Approximately the 800 block of Monterey. On the right is the H. M. Warden Jr. Building with original tower at 846 Higuera. On the left is the Commercial Bank at the corner of Higuera and Chorro.

2 items in Collection
Monterey Street. San Luis Obispo, California.
Local Identifier
168-5-a-11-03-08
Date Created
1900 (year uncertain)
Description

View looking southwest on Monterey street at the Osos intersection. J. P. Andrews building visible to the right.

2 items in Collection
Monterey Street Looking North, San Luis Obispo, California
Local Identifier
168-5-a-11-03-09
Date Created
1940 (year uncertain)
Description

A color photograph or drawing of Monterey street in downtown San Luis Obispo. The Sinsheimer building can be seen on the right hand side of the image. Caption on back of postcard reads: 'San Luis Obispo, a thriving city of over 11,000 population, is situated about midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles on U.S. Highway 101. Monterey Street is one of the busy thoroughfares.'

2 items in Collection
Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, Cal.
Local Identifier
168-5-a-11-03-10
Date Created
1905 (year uncertain)
Description

A man rides a horse along a quiet residential area of San Luis Obispo. The back of the postcard indicates the San Luis Variety Store is depicted in the image.

2 items in Collection

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