California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

General view from the west of Mission Santa Barbara, ca.1880

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General view from the west of Mission Santa Barbara, ca.1880

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Photograph of a general view from the west of Mission Santa Barbara, ca.1880, showing the balcony. The two tall bell towers flanking the main entry are at right, while the long exterior corridor of arches is at left. Trees grow on the property behind the picket fence running along the front. Mountains rise in the distance.

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Title General view from the west of Mission Santa Barbara, ca.1880

Subject Churches, Catholic (lcsh), Mission Santa Barbara (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), Santa Barbara Mission (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Santa Barbara (city or populated place), Santa Barbara (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1880

Type images

Format 2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 17 x 22 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), 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 1880

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Contributor Dr. George Watson Cole Collection (provenance)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17254

Identifier 4967 (accession number), CHS-4967 (call number), CHS-4967 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17256 (legacy record id), chs-m17254 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14095 (legacy record id), 1-144-136 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17256

Unique identifier UC141923

Legacy Identifier CHS-4967.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.2 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
43.8 cm × 33.6 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

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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