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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Father Junipero Serra, [s.d.]
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Father Junipero Serra, [s.d.]
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Photographic portrait of Father Junipero Serra, [s.d.]. He is seen in an oval background, looking up and to the right. He has a tonsure and decorative ribbon around his neck. Father Junipero Serra (Miguel Jose Serra) was one of the most important Spanish missionaries in the New World. Born in Majorca on November 24, 1713, he joined the Franciscan Order at the age of 16. He soon gained prominence as an eloquent preacher and eventually became a professor of theology. His dream was to become a missionary to America. He arrived in Mexico City in 1750 to begin this new life. In 1769 he established a mission at the present site of San Diego, California, the first of a number that would include San Antonio, San Buenaventura, San Carlos, San Francisco de Assisi, San Gabriel, San Juan Capistrano, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Clara. This was a herculean task considering that Father Serra was already in his fifties and suffered from a chronic ulcerated condition in one leg. Serra was ascetic and uncompromising in his zeal to convert the Indians to Christianity and to make his missions self sufficient. Inhabitants built their own homes, spun wool for garments, and pursued careers as masons, carpenters, blacksmiths, and millers; thousands of barrels of grain were kept in reserve supply, and herds of cattle, sheep, horses, and swine were maintained. The ulcerated condition of Serra's leg eventually spread to his chest. At the age of 71, aware of his deterioration, he made a final visit to his missions. The well-known and beloved missionary died in Monterey, California, on August 28, 1784; his missions continued to flourish for another 50 years. (according to Architect of the Capitol, Office of the Curator)
Asset Metadata
Title
Father Junipero Serra, [s.d.]
Subject
Father Junipero Serra
(file heading),
Mission -- Fr. Serra
(file heading),
Priests
(lcsh),
Serra, Junipero
(file heading),
Serra, Junípero, 1713-1784
(naf)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
USA
(countries)
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
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)
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14260
Identifier
134 (
accession number
), CHS-134 (
call number
), CHS-134 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-13972 (
legacy record id
), chs-m14260 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-13962 (
legacy record id
), 1-90-611 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
13972
Unique identifier
UC138037
Legacy Identifier
CHS-134.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
12.8 in × 17.0 in at 300dpi
32.7 cm × 43.2 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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Plaque commemorating Father Junipero Serra, Mount Rubidoux, Riverside, October 12, 1909
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Cannon, sword, machete and metal lamp from the first Father Junipero Serra's first California expedition, 18th century
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Father Junipero Serra's tomb at Mission Carmel (San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo) in Carmel, ca.1903
Exhuming and reinterring ceremony of the remains of Friar Junipero Serra at the Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmel, Monterey, July 3, 1882
Statue of Father Junipero Serra on Presidio Hill in San Diego, ca.1880
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