California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Detail of the choir loft and ceiling in a mission, Arizona or New Mexico, ca.1903

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Detail of the choir loft and ceiling in a mission, Arizona or New Mexico, ca.1903

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Photograph a the choir loft and ceiling in a mission, Arizona or New Mexico, ca.1903. A bannister runs the length of the loft with no apparent means of entry. The wall at the back of the balcony near the ceiling is severely damaged, plaster having crumbled away from the underlying structure. The ceiling rafters sit on ornately carved and painted soffits. Another two rooms are visible through an open doorway below the loft.

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Title Detail of the choir loft and ceiling in a mission, Arizona or New Mexico, ca.1903

Subject Missions -- General (file heading), Missions Miscellaneous (subject), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Arizona (states), New Mexico (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1903

Type images

Format 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 17 x 22 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)

Date Created 1903

Creator James, George Wharton (photographer)

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-m17265

Identifier 4993 (accession number), CHS-4993 (call number), CHS-4993 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17267 (legacy record id), chs-m17265 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14073 (legacy record id), 1-149- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17267

Unique identifier UC142111

Legacy Identifier CHS-4993.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 12.9 in at 300dpi
43.2 cm × 32.8 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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