California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Mission San Juan Capistrano, showing stone church in original state, California, ca.1887

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Mission San Juan Capistrano, showing stone church in original state, California, ca.1887

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Photograph of Mission San Juan Capistrano, showing stone church in original state, California, ca.1887. The white arched section topped with a cross to the left is in a better state of repair. Four small arched windows can be seen along the side of the wall supporting bells. To the right, a ruined wall can be seen beside a dome-shaped opening. In the extreme foreground, scrub brush and wild grasses completely dominate the surrounding ground.; "...Ancient church and bell tower. Very rare view showing stone columns of sanctuary of stone church in original state. In 1887 they were cemented over the bases" -- A. Yorba, ca. 1886.; "Very rare view of interior of stone church, 1888, showing stone pillars of columns of sanctuary in their original state before being disfigured with their present cement bases. The round facade with the cross is not original but was added to the brick facing of the recamarasabout 1887. The campanario was erected in 1813 after the earthquake destroyed the bell tower" -- A. Yorba.

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Title Mission San Juan Capistrano, showing stone church in original state, California, ca.1887

Subject Mission San Juan Capistrano (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), San Juan Capistrano (file heading), San Juan Capistrano Mission (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1887

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 20 cm., 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 1887

Creator Clendenen (photographer)

Contributor Yorba, A. (commentator)

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-m14292

Identifier 208 (accession number), CHS-208 (call number), CHS-208 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-14935 (legacy record id), chs-m14292 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14088 (legacy record id), 1-137-8 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 14935

Unique identifier UC137727

Legacy Identifier CHS-208.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.4 in × 14.2 in at 300dpi
46.7 cm × 36.0 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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