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Title	Mission Santa Clara altar showing ceiling painted in cactus juice, ca.1900
Description	Photograph of the Mission Santa Clara altar showing ceiling painted in cactus juice, ca.1900. At center, a long table is covered by a table-cloth, while two candelabras stand on pedestals to either side of it. Behind this, the altar of the mission can be seen. Five statuettes, the centermost of which is a crucifix, line the top of a second long table, behind which the wall can be seen with five carvings of religious icons set in inset archways. Two large iconic paintings are situated in similar archways to either side of this, extending out to the arched second floor of the chapel. The ceiling can be seen, depicting bishops, cherubs and cardinals, with what appears to be a monogram at its center.; Picture file card reads "Original ceiling of sanctuary painted in cactus juice tempra by Senor de Avila in 1825. The pigment, mixed in cactus juice, was applied to redwood slabs, visible in thsi pcitured. The mission burned in 1926".
Subject	Santa Clara de Asis Mission
Subject (adlf)	religious facilities
Subject (file heading)	Mission Santa Clara de Asis
Subject (lcsh)	Missions, Spanish
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Santa Clara
Geographic subject (county)	Santa Clara
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1900
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1900
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Format (aat)	transparencies photographic prints photographs
Accession number	8973
Call number	CHS-8973
Microfiche number	1-145-35
Legacy record ID	chs-m18918; USC-1-1-1-14096
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-8973
Archival file	chs_Volume104/CHS-8973.tiff

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