California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Priest standing next to a tall wooden crucifix in the cemetery at Mission Santa Barbara, 1898

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Priest standing next to a tall wooden crucifix in the cemetery at Mission Santa Barbara, 1898

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Photograph of a priest standing next to a tall wooden crucifix in the cemetery at Mission Santa Barbara, 1898. The crucifix can be seen to the left of center with a sculpture of Jesus depicted on the cross. The word, "LNAI" can be seen above the head of Jesus, while plants are visible on the ground surrounding the crucifix. The priest can be seen standing to the right of the crucifix looking straight ahead. He is holding a book in his hands. A cross can be seen on top of a wall and the bricked up entrance to the cemetery in the right background.

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Title Priest standing next to a tall wooden crucifix in the cemetery at Mission Santa Barbara, 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 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm., 18 x 13 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-m14399

Identifier 453 (accession number), CHS-453 (call number), CHS-453 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-15039 (legacy record id), chs-m14399 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14095 (legacy record id), 1-144-24 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 15039

Unique identifier UC138023

Legacy Identifier CHS-453.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.0 in × 17.1 in at 300dpi
33.1 cm × 43.4 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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