California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Mission San Juan Capistrano, showing ruined buildings and church from rear, California, ca.1899

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Mission San Juan Capistrano, showing ruined buildings and church from rear, California, ca.1899

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Mission San Juan Capistrano, showing ruined buildings and church from rear, California, ca.1899. In the extreme foreground, a dirt road can be seen running at an angle from the bottom-right to the mid-left. In the background at right, a crumbling stone wall supported by large wooden sticks can be seen. At left, a long picket fence is visible. Behind the wall at right, a small rectangular building with a slanted roof is visible. To the left, the back of the ruined church can be seen. To the right of church, a small wall with an arched opening supporting a single bell can be seen. In the extreme background at center, a small dome is visible with a cross at its apex.

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Title Mission San Juan Capistrano, showing ruined buildings and church from rear, California, ca.1899

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1899

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 cm., 17 x 22 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)

Date Created 1899

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-m14452

Identifier 514 (accession number), CHS-514 (call number), CHS-514 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-15092 (legacy record id), chs-m14452 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14088 (legacy record id), 1-137-14 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 15092

Unique identifier UC137859

Legacy Identifier CHS-514.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.9 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
48.0 cm × 34.1 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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