California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Exterior view of the St. Vibiana Cathedral soon after its completion on Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1880

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Exterior view of the St. Vibiana Cathedral soon after its completion on Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1880

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Photograph of an exterior view of the St. Vibiana Cathedral soon after its completion on Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1880. Built between 1871 and 1876, the arabesque cathedral stands at center, a rose window positioned above the main entrance with a religious statue affixed at either side. It is surrounded by a wrought-iron fence. The cathedral's bell tower can be seen extending from the back of the building. To the left, two men stand and talk in front of the Union Rescue Mission's own picket fence. A typed caption underneath the image identifies the cathedral and the year.

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Title Exterior view of the St. Vibiana Cathedral soon after its completion on Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1880

Subject Churches (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Churches -- Roman Catholic (file heading), Los Angeles -- Churches -- Roman Catholic (file heading), religious facilities (adlf), St. Vibiana's Cathedral (subject), Union Rescue Mission (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Main Street & 2nd Street (roadway), Saint Vibiana's Cathedral (manmade features), USA (countries)

Geocoordinate 34.04972,-118.24354 (point), 34.05026,-118.24294 (point), 34.05044,-118.24439 (point), 34.05098,-118.24362 (point)

Temporal Subject 1875/1885

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1875/1885

Creator Title Insurance and Trust Company (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m942

Identifier 7410 (accession number), CHS-7410 (call number), CHS-7410 (filename), isla id: S-4571 (identifying number), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8852 (legacy record id), chs-m942 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-946 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-946 (legacy record id), 1-6-107 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8852

Unique identifier UC138997

Legacy Identifier CHS-7410.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.6 in × 19.8 in at 300dpi
39.7 cm × 50.3 cm at 300dpi

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Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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