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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Exterior view of the south facade and bell tower of the Mission San Gabriel, ca.1900
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Exterior view of the south facade and bell tower of the Mission San Gabriel, ca.1900
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the south facade and bell tower of the Mission San Gabriel, ca.1900. In the foreground, the capanario can be seen, six bells of varying sizes set into the tall wall. At right, butresses support the long wall of the mission. Palm trees line the front of the mission, in descending order according to height from left to right. Streetcar tracks can be seen embedded in the dirt road in the foreground.
Asset Metadata
Title
Exterior view of the south facade and bell tower of the Mission San Gabriel, ca.1900
Subject
Mission San Gabriel
(subject),
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel
(file heading),
Missions, Spanish
(lcsh),
religious facilities
(adlf)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
San Gabriel
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1900
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
1900
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
(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-m14489
Identifier
570 (
accession number
), CHS-570 (
call number
), CHS-570 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-15129 (
legacy record id
), chs-m14489 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14086 (
legacy record id
), 1-133-13 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
15129
Unique identifier
UC137993
Legacy Identifier
CHS-570.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.1 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
43.4 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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