California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Painting of Santa Inez (Saint Agnes) at Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, ca.1906

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Painting of Santa Inez (Saint Agnes) at Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, ca.1906

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Photograph of a painting of Santa Inez (Saint Agnes) at Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, ca.1906. The painting depicts the saint wearing an ermine cape, standing on a cloud, embracing a large wooden cross, while holding a baton in her left hand. A dove approaches in the sunlight at left. A crown sits at her feet. The frame and cord holding the picture up on a wall are also visible.

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Title Painting of Santa Inez (Saint Agnes) at Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, ca.1906

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

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1906

Subject Mission Santa Inez (file heading), Missions -- Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), San Luis Obispo de Tolosa Mission (corporate name), Santa Inez Mission (corporate name)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), San Luis Obispo (city or populated place), San Luis Obispo (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1906

Type images

Format 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), 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-m16676

Identifier 4179 (accession number), CHS-4179 (call number), CHS-4179 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-16609 (legacy record id), chs-m16676 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14090 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14098 (legacy record id), 1-138-13 (microfiche number), 1-147-18 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 16609

Unique identifier UC141258

Legacy Identifier CHS-4179.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.0 in × 17.1 in at 300dpi
33.0 cm × 43.5 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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