Hearst Ranch and Cayucos Photograph Collection, MS 158

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Scope and Content Note

Image © Hearst Ranch and Cayucos Photograph Collection, MS 158, Cal Poly.

The Hearst Ranch and Cayucos Photograph Collection contains nine vintage snapshots and 1 mounted print believed to have been taken by longtime Central Coast resident Clayton Leonard Morss (1891-1967). Includes black-and-white snapshots of construction of the Hearst Ranch in San Simeon, California, in the 1920s, and albumen prints of the town of Cayucos, California in the 1890s, both in San Luis Obispo County. Most of the photos have been removed from an album.

The Hearst Ranch and Cayucos Photograph Collection is housed in one box with one series and two subseries:

Series 1. Photographs, c.1890 – c.1930

  1. Photographs of Cayucos
  2. Photographs of Hearst Ranch at San Simeon

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