Mission Santa Barbara, showing cord maker at work on "the cord of St. Francis", California, 1898

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Title	Mission Santa Barbara, showing cord maker at work on "the cord of St. Francis", California, 1898
Description	Photograph of Mission Santa Barbara, showing cord maker at work on "the cord of St. Francis", California, 1898. At center, a monk can be seen sitting in a chair. This monk is wearing an apron over his cassock, and he can be seen gripping a large rope in his left hand. The long rope hangs from the ceiling overhead. Above where the monk grips the rope with his hand, two circular disks can be seen along the rope spreading out the threads. Behind the monk, a simple wooden door is visible. To the right, a wooden table can be seen. Additional materials hang from the wall at left.
Subject	Santa Barbara Mission; Mission Santa Barbara
Subject (adlf)	religious facilities
Subject (file heading)	Missions -- Mission Santa Barbara
Subject (lcsh)	Missions, Spanish Architecture, Spanish colonial Churches, Catholic
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Santa Barbara
Geographic subject (county)	Santa Barbara
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1898
Photographer	Thresher, George P.
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1898
Type	images
Format	glass plate negatives
Format (aacr2)	1 photographs : photoprint, glass photonegative, b&w ; 18 x 13 cm., 22 x 17 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	482
Call number	CHS-482
Microfiche number	1-144-50
Legacy record ID	chs-m14423; USC-1-1-1-14095
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-482
Archival file	chs_Volume89/CHS-482.tiff

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