California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Drawing of Mission San Rafael as it appeared in 1831, by Edward Vischer, 1878

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Drawing of Mission San Rafael as it appeared in 1831, by Edward Vischer, 1878

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Photograph of a drawing of Mission San Rafael as it appeared in 1831, by Edward Vischer, 1878. The adobe mission buildings can be seen at center. A tall tower, possibly housing bells, can be seen on the left side of the structure. A cross tops this tower. Small huts are visible at left, while a low, brush-covered hill can be seen in the foreground at right. More hills are visible in the background. The drawing was done from recollection of General Vallejo.

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Title Drawing of Mission San Rafael as it appeared in 1831, by Edward Vischer, 1878

Subject Mission San Rafael Arcangel (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), San Rafael Arcangel Mission (corporate name)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Marin (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1878

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), art (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 1878

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

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-m13938

Identifier 10105 (accession number), CHS-10105 (call number), CHS-10105 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13409 (legacy record id), chs-m13938 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14094 (legacy record id), 1-143-7 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13409

Unique identifier UC136179

Legacy Identifier CHS-10105.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 9.2 in × 7.5 in at 300dpi
23.4 cm × 19.2 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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