California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Carved wooden top for the Baptismal font at Mission San Juan Capistrano, ca.1908

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Carved wooden top for the Baptismal font at Mission San Juan Capistrano, ca.1908

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Photograph of the circular hinged carved wooden top for the Baptismal font at Mission San Juan Capistrano, ca.1908. A carved rosette decorates the central area straddled by two ogee arches. A silver Baptismal shell leanst against it. They both sit on a wooden box before a plain plaster wall. Legible writing on the box reads "Illinois Sugar Refining Co."

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Title Carved wooden top for the Baptismal font at Mission San Juan Capistrano, ca.1908

Subject Missions -- Mission San Juan Capistrano (file heading), 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 1908

Type images, physical objects

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, 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 1908

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (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-m17131

Identifier 4394 (accession number), CHS-4394 (call number), CHS-4394 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17143 (legacy record id), chs-m17131 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14089 (legacy record id), 1-137-66 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17143

Unique identifier UC142098

Legacy Identifier CHS-4394.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 12.9 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 32.9 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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