California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Ruins of the walls of Mission Santa Margarita, California, ca.1906

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Ruins of the walls of Mission Santa Margarita, California, ca.1906

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Photograph of the ruins of the walls of Mission Santa Margarita, California, ca.1906. Two long walls face each other. The one on the right is punctuated with numerous door and/or window openings. Stone debris lays on the ground in the foreground. Wild vegetation surrounds the area. A long rod or walking stick lays against the ruin at front. Part of a post and rail fence is visible in the background at left.

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Title Ruins of the walls of Mission Santa Margarita, California, ca.1906

Subject Mission San Miguel Arcangel (Santa Margarita Asistencia) (file heading), Missions -- Mission Santa Margarita Asistencia (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), Santa Margarita Asistencia Mission (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), San Luis Obispo (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1906

Type images

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 1906

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-m16575

Identifier 4065 (accession number), CHS-4065 (call number), CHS-4065 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-16512 (legacy record id), chs-m16575 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14092 (legacy record id), 1-139-6 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 16512

Unique identifier UC141395

Legacy Identifier CHS-4065.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.9 in × 12.8 in at 300dpi
42.9 cm × 32.6 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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