California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Portrait of Maria Engracia y Reyes de Vejar, [after 1877?]

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Portrait of Maria Engracia y Reyes de Vejar, [after 1877?]

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Photographic portrait of Maria Engracia y Reyes de Vejar [identified as Altagracia Vejar y Reyes de Delano in other sources], [after 1877?]. An elderly woman in a shawl and dress of the same material sits on a chair and stares into the foreground. She wears a broach and lace around her neck, and wears her hair back in a braid. Photograph taken by Ellis & Son, 44 New High Street and 55 Main Street, Los Angeles, California, USA. ❧ She married Juan Crisostomo Vejar, at Mission San Gabriel, 1838 February 19. Vejar developed the Vejar Station stagecoach stop with Thomas Delano. Delano married Juan and Maria Engracia’s daughter Soledad Vejar.

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Title Portrait of Maria Engracia y Reyes de Vejar, [after 1877?]

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Subject de Vejar, Maria Engracia y Reyes, 1804?-1884 (subject), Portraits -- De (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 44 New High Street (roadway), 55 Main Street (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm., 18 x 13 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)

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-m13553

Identifier 11855 (accession number), CHS-11855 (call number), CHS-11855 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13052 (legacy record id), chs-m13553 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13708 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13052

Unique identifier UC136644

Legacy Identifier CHS-11855.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.4 in × 18.9 in at 300dpi
34.0 cm × 48.2 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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