California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Portrait of Don Juan Avila, known as Don Juan "El Rico" at San Juan Capistrano, ca.1874

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Portrait of Don Juan Avila, known as Don Juan "El Rico" at San Juan Capistrano, ca.1874

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Photographic portrait of Don Juan Avila, known as Don Juan "El Rico" at San Juan Capistrano, ca.1874. He is visible at center looking straight ahead and is mounted on a small pinto horse that is facing right. Don Juan is dressed in a Spanish costume that consists of a dark jacket, striped pants and a broad-brimmed hat. He is riding in a Western saddle with large stirrups. Adobe archways can be seen in the background. The ground by the horse's hooves is covered in tall dry grass.

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Title Portrait of Don Juan Avila, known as Don Juan "El Rico" at San Juan Capistrano, ca.1874

Subject Abila, Don Juan (subject), agricultural sites (adlf), Orange County -- San Juan Capistrano -- General (file heading), Portraits -- Abila (file heading), Ranches (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1874

Type images

Format 2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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 1874

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-m7824

Identifier 11152 (accession number), CHS-11152 (call number), CHS-11152 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8058 (legacy record id), chs-m7824 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13556 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-7953 (legacy record id), 1-33- (microfiche number), 1-70-3 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8058

Unique identifier UC124532

Legacy Identifier CHS-11152.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 14.1 in × 11.5 in at 300dpi
35.9 cm × 29.4 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

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

Date Created 1860/1960

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

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