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Hearst Castle, known formally as La Cuesta Encantada (Spanish for "The Enchanted Hill"), is a historic estate in San Simeon, located on the Central Coast of California (LOC)

Highsmith, Carol M.,, 1946-, photographer.

 

Hearst Castle, known formally as La Cuesta Encantada (Spanish for "The Enchanted Hill"), is a historic estate in San Simeon, located on the Central Coast of California

 

2013-05-22.

 

1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.

 

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Conceived by William Randolph Hearst, the publishing tycoon, and his architect Julia Morgan, the castle was built between 1919 and 1947. Today, Hearst Castle is a museum open to the public as a California State Park and registered as a National Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark.

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2024; (DLC/PP-2002:038-35).

Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Credit Line: Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

 

Subjects:

America--Hearst Castle--William Randolph Hearst--Julia Morgan--Historic landmarks--Lamps--Telephones

United States--California--San Luis Obispo County--San Simeon.

 

Format: 2010-2020.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Part Of: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- Carol M. Highsmith Archive. (DLC) 00650024

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.73063

 

Call Number: LC-DIG-highsm- 73063

 

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