California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Engraved circular pillars in mortuary chapel at Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, ca.1905

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Engraved circular pillars in mortuary chapel at Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, ca.1905

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Photograph of engraved circular pillars in mortuary chapel at Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, California, ca.1905. The walls of the chapel are very deteriorated. The circular pillars protrude from the walls. A door is at the right hand side. There is a small window high in the wall between the pillars. There are some shrubs at the bottom.

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Title Engraved circular pillars in mortuary chapel at Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, ca.1905

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

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1905

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), San Diego (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1905

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16775

Identifier 4431 (accession number), CHS-4431 (call number), CHS-4431 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-16708 (legacy record id), chs-m16775 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14091 (legacy record id), 1-140-44 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 16708

Unique identifier UC141291

Legacy Identifier CHS-4431.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.0 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 33.1 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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