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Highway 395, Bishop, California
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Object Description
Title
Highway
395
,
Bishop
,
California
Creator
Porter
,
Merle
Date Range
circa
1965-1975
Description
View
of
street
intersections
on
Highway
395/Main
Street
and
West
Line
Street
in
Bishop
,
looking
northwest
toward
the
Piute
Lodge
Motel
,
stores
,
bakery
and
cafe
,
markets
, and the
Bishop
Twin
Theater
near
Church
Street
.
Note
On
back
: "
Bishop
,
California
.
Bishop
was
named
for
Samuel
Bishop
, a
Kern
County
rancher
who
came
to the
valley
in
1861
.
Bishop
built
two
small
cabins
along
the
creek
. He
started
the
St
.
Francis
Ranch
three
miles
west
of the
present
town
.
Bishop
left
the
valley
after
one
year
as he had
trouble
with the
Paiutes
and
other
newly
arrived
cattlemen
.
Sam
returned
to
Kern
County
where
he was
elected
one
of the
first
supervisors
in
1866
. The
first
building
in
Bishop
was a
blacksmith
shop
moved
from
Owensville
in
1864
. The
first
church
east
of the
Sierras
was
built
in
1869
by the
Rev
.
Andrew
Clark
,
where
Brockman
Lane
is
at
present
, and was
nicknamed
Gospel
Swamp
.
Today
Bishop
is
the
largest
and
only
incorporated
town
along
the
Eastern
Sierras...M.P
.
C-141
Photo-color
by
Merle
Porter.
"
Physical Description
9
x
14
cm
Genre
Postcards
Subject
Streets--California--Bishop
;
Business
districts
;
Automobiles
;
Storefronts
;
Restaurants
;
Motion
picture
theaters
;
Stores
&
shops--California--Bishop
;
Water
rights--California--Owens
Valley
;
Water
rights--California--Los
Angeles
Geographic Location
Bishop
(Calif.)
;
Inyo
County
(Calif.)
;
Owens
Valley
(Calif.)
Publisher
Royal
Pictures
,
Colton
,
California
Repository
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Collection Title
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
Object Identifier
sc_wbpc00025
Copyright
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Sponsor
Support
provided
by the
Metabolic
Studio
.
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Language
eng
Description
Title
Front
Repository
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Collection Title
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
Identifier
sc_wbpc000250001
Object Identifier
sc_wbpc00025
Copyright
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Sponsor
Support
provided
by the
Metabolic
Studio
.
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
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