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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Mission Santa Barbara, showing main church altar, California, 1898
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Mission Santa Barbara, showing main church altar, California, 1898
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Description
Photograph of Mission Santa Barbara, showing main church altar, California, 1898. In the extreme foreground, wooden pews can be seen on either side. At center, a wooden altar rail can be seen separating the altar from the congregation. Elaborate decoration is visible behind and on both sides of altar behind the altar rail. Large mural paintings decorate both walls. Decorative candleholders line the top of the altar. Behind the altar at center, the tabernacle is visible. Above the tabernacle, a crucifix can be seen. To the left and right, religious statues are visible.
Asset Metadata
Title
Mission Santa Barbara, showing main church altar, California, 1898
Subject
Architecture, Spanish colonial
(lcsh),
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
1898
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.
(aacr2),
glass plate negatives
(format),
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
1898
Creator
Thresher, George P.
(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-m14417
Identifier
472 (
accession number
), CHS-472 (
call number
), CHS-472 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-15057 (
legacy record id
), chs-m14417 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14095 (
legacy record id
), 1-144-43 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
15057
Unique identifier
UC137967
Legacy Identifier
CHS-472.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.2 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
43.6 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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