California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior of church of Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana from ruined warehouse from southeast, California, 1887

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Exterior of church of Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana from ruined warehouse from southeast, California, 1887

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Photograph of relatively distant view of exterior of church of Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana, California, 1887. From ruined warehouse from southeast. A long row of white arches are the most prominent feature of the main mission building. Very little vegetation beyond basic ground cover. Hills in distance.

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Title Exterior of church of Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana from ruined warehouse from southeast, California, 1887

Subject Mission San Fernando (file heading), Missions -- Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), San Fernando Rey de Espana Mission (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Mission Hills (city or populated place)

Temporal Subject 1887

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 20 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 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-m14278

Identifier 173 (accession number), CHS-173 (call number), CHS-173 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13990 (legacy record id), chs-m14278 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14083 (legacy record id), 1-130-4 (microfiche number)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13990

Unique identifier UC137717

Legacy Identifier CHS-173.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.5 in × 14.2 in at 300dpi
47.0 cm × 36.1 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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