Exterior view of Mission San Francisco de la Espada in dilapidated condition, San Antonio, Texas, ca.1900

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Photograph of the exterior view of Mission San Francisco de la Espada in dilapidated condition, San Antonio, Texas, ca.1900. The façade features a large arched doorway and three arched openings in the parapet to house the mission bells. Trees are visible in the background. Bushes grow wildly in the front and side of the mission. Picture file card reads: "erected 1729".; "Founded in 1690 as San Francisco de los Tejas near present-day Weches, this was the first mission in Texas. In 1731, the mission was transferred to the San Antonio River area and renamed Mission San Francisco de la Espada. A friary was built at Espada in 1745. The church was completed in 1756." -- unknown author.

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Title Exterior view of Mission San Francisco de la Espada in dilapidated condition, San Antonio, Texas, ca.1900

Subject Missions -- Texas (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), Texas (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Texas (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photoprints, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), 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 1900

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Contributor Grant Jackson Collection (provenance)

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-m13946

Identifier 6213 (accession number), CHS-6213 (call number), CHS-6213 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13416 (legacy record id), chs-m13946 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14103 (legacy record id), 1-153- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13416

Unique identifier UC137216

Legacy Identifier CHS-6213.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.1 in × 14.8 in at 300dpi
46.2 cm × 37.6 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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