California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior view of Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, ca.1865

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Exterior view of Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, ca.1865

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Photograph of an exterior view of Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo taken by Vischer, ca.1865. A large domed tower anchors the left side of the façade and is visible at center. The main entrance is at right, below a compass-shaped window, and further to the right is another, smaller tower. The mission extends back on the left, and is walls are in a state of disrepair, having crumbled in several places. The dome on the tower is topped with a cross.

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Title Exterior view of Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, ca.1865

Creator Vischer, Edward (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1865

Subject Carmel Mission (subject), Mission Carmel -- San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (file heading), Missions -- Mission Carmel (San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo) (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Monterey (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1865

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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)

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-m19013

Identifier 9727 (accession number), CHS-9727 (call number), CHS-9727 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18929 (legacy record id), chs-m19013 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14075 (legacy record id), 1-127-48 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18929

Unique identifier UC136275

Legacy Identifier CHS-9727.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.1 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
51.1 cm × 41.2 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

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