Main barracks at Fort Tejon, California, 1914 (CHS-6265)

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Main barracks at Fort Tejon, California, 1914 Photograph of the main Barracks No.1 at Fort Tejon, near Tejon Pass in the Tehachapi Mountains, southern Kern County, California − 1914. The adobe barracks longhouse shows minor signs of disrepair, although to a lesser degree than the chickenwire fence in front with its gate open. Only the abandoned barracks' windows and the adobe brick exterior are evidently unkempt. A large Valley Oak (Quercus lobata) tree obscures some of the barracks at the center of the frame, while still more branches dangle in from the left across the trunk of a second old and large Valley oak tree. oak woodlands and chaparral heavily cover most of the hill in background. The smaller adobe and craftsman-style Soldiers Quarters building is visible in the far background at right, also unkempt. Call number: CHS-6265; CHS-6065 Filename: CHS-6265 Coverage date: 1914 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Format: glass plate negatives Type: images Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number: 6265; 6065 Microfiche number: 1-22- Archival file: chs_Volume93/CHS-6265.tiff Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegatives, b&w ; 22 x 16 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): military areas Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: 1914 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): photographs Geographic subject (state): California Legacy record ID: chs-m15881 Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Subject (lcsh): Fortification