California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Silver processional crucifix at Mission San Carlos, Monterey, ca.1900

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Silver processional crucifix at Mission San Carlos, Monterey, ca.1900

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Photograph of the front of a silver processional crucifix at Mission San Carlos, Monterey, ca.1900. The figure of Christ looks down to his right. Stylized flames, drops, or leaves radiate from the intersection of the vertical and horizontal arms of the cross. A rosette appears at the center. The ends are each shaped like three intersecting arcs. The cross is on a stand and a stone wall is behind the cross. At the presidio chapel. Photoprint reads: "Born before the sainted Serra".

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Title Silver processional crucifix at Mission San Carlos, Monterey, ca.1900

Creator James, George Wharton (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1900

Subject Carmel Mission (subject), Mission Carmel (subject), Mission Carmel -- San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (file heading), Mission San Carlos (subject), Mission San Carlos (Monterey) (subject), Missions -- Mission Carmel (San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo) (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Carmel (city or populated place), Monterey (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images, physical objects

Format 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, 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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16597

Identifier 4090 (accession number), CHS-4090 (call number), CHS-4090 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-16533 (legacy record id), chs-m16597 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14075 (legacy record id), 1-126-7 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 16533

Unique identifier UC141407

Legacy Identifier CHS-4090.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.8 in × 16.8 in at 300dpi
32.6 cm × 42.9 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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