California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Distant view, from the north, of Mission San Fernando, California, ca.1885

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Distant view, from the north, of Mission San Fernando, California, ca.1885

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Photograph of a distant view from the north, of Mission San Fernando, California, ca.1885. Three tall palm trees dominate the image. The long exterior corridor fronted with arches is the only part of the Mission visible. Fields, once tilled, are in the foreground. Mountains rise in the background.

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Title Distant view, from the north, of Mission San Fernando, California, ca.1885

Subject Missions -- Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), San Fernando Rey de Espana Mission (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Mission Hills (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1885

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 14 x 18 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 1885

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-m17146

Identifier 4776 (accession number), CHS-4776 (call number), CHS-4776 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17158 (legacy record id), chs-m17146 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14083 (legacy record id), 1-130-86 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17158

Unique identifier UC141921

Legacy Identifier CHS-4776.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.2 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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