California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Bookshelves in the library of Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, ca.1890

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Bookshelves in the library of Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, ca.1890

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Photograph of bookshelves in the library of Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, ca.1890. Books sit (some upright, some flat) on eleven shelves of the wooden bookcase which is in a state of disrepair. A wave-shaped wooden decoration forms part of the lower part of the bookcase. A large book sits upright partially splayed open on the wooden floor leaning against a lower shelf. The plaster wall behind the bookcase is cracked. Many titles are legible on the spines of the old well-used books including: "Vallens juris canonici", "Parras regulare de lndias, 2", "Cuniliati theologiae moralis, 1", "Cuniliati theologiae moralis, 2", "Dictionaire historique I", .... The mission was built in the late 18th century.; "Ancient mission library still intact in upstairs room over Padre Mut's living quarters in 1880. The inventory taken in 1834 on the secularization of this ex-mission listed 209 volumes all of which were still present when this photograph was taken. The library was since looted and only a few books remain." -- unknown author.

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Title Bookshelves in the library of Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, ca.1890

Subject Mission San Juan Capistrano (subject), Missions -- Mission San Juan Capistrano (subject), 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), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1890

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), negatives (photographic) (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 1890

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-m17272

Identifier 5010 (accession number), CHS-5010 (call number), CHS-5010 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17274 (legacy record id), chs-m17272 (legacy record id), 1-66- (microfiche number)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17274

Unique identifier UC141848

Legacy Identifier CHS-5010.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 14.2 in × 18.0 in at 300dpi
36.1 cm × 45.9 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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