California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Central courtyard of the Mission San Juan Capistrano, showing crumbling arches, ca.1895

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Central courtyard of the Mission San Juan Capistrano, showing crumbling arches, ca.1895

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Photograph of Mission San Juan Capistrano, California. Central courtyard. Arches mostly surrounding the courtyard dominate the image. Mountains in background.; "Plaza misional or central courtyard about 1890 showing the marked decadence of the ex-mission at that time including portions of tile roof mission from dispensa and zaguán and Fr. Serra's church -- the oldest in the state -- about to be abandoned as unsafe. From the ruined storehouse along north side." -- A. Yorba.

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Title Central courtyard of the Mission San Juan Capistrano, showing crumbling arches, ca.1895

Subject Mission San Juan Capistrano (file heading), Missions -- 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 1895

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 1895

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-m14297

Identifier 227 (accession number), CHS-227 (call number), CHS-227 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-14939 (legacy record id), chs-m14297 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14088 (legacy record id), 1-137-9 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 14939

Unique identifier UC137731

Legacy Identifier CHS-227.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.4 in × 14.1 in at 300dpi
46.8 cm × 35.8 cm at 300dpi

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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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