California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior view of the long adobe of Don Juan Abila in San Juan Capistrano, ca.1867

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Exterior view of the long adobe of Don Juan Abila in San Juan Capistrano, ca.1867

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Photograph of an exterior view of the long adobe of Don Juan Abila in San Juan Capistrano, ca.1867. Only known image of the adobe. Don Juan Abila is standing on the porch of the adobe leaning on the wooden rail. A group of six people stand and sit in front of the porch. From left to right, they are: Chanito Avila (standing little boy), Juan Abila, Melo Abila, Delfina Rodrigues de Abila, Don Chano Abila (eldest son of Don Juan Alfonso Yorba), Vicenta Avila (standing little girl). A horse-drawn carriage is parked next to the porch rail just behind them to their left.

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Title Exterior view of the long adobe of Don Juan Abila in San Juan Capistrano, ca.1867

Subject Abila, Don Juan (subject), Dwellings (lcsh), housing areas (adlf), Missions -- Mission San Juan Capistrano (file heading), Portraits -- Abila (file heading), San Juan Capistrano Mission (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Orange (counties), San Juan Capistrano (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1867

Type images

Format 3 photographs : photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 17 x 22 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (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 1867

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-m13403

Identifier 2830 (accession number), CHS-2830 (call number), CHS-2830 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12903 (legacy record id), chs-m13403 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13557 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14089 (legacy record id), 1-137-56 (microfiche number), 1-33- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12903

Unique identifier UC135403

Legacy Identifier CHS-2830.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.3 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
44.1 cm × 33.5 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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