California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Restored tower with pyramidal tile roof at Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Monterey, ca.1903-1905

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Restored tower with pyramidal tile roof at Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Monterey, ca.1903-1905

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Photograph of the restored tower with pyramidal tile roof at Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Monterey, ca.1903-1905. A stone decoration sits at the corner of a ledge just below the roof line at left. It is the presidio chapel. The outer shell of the stone building is cracked and peeling revealing the dark layer beneath. A lake and large forest can be seen in the background on the far left.

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Title Restored tower with pyramidal tile roof at Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Monterey, ca.1903-1905

Subject Carmel Mission (subject), Mission Carmel -- San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (file heading), 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 1903/1905

Type images

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)

Date Created 1903/1905

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16619

Identifier 4116 (accession number), CHS-4116 (call number), CHS-4116 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-16554 (legacy record id), chs-m16619 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14075 (legacy record id), 1-126-15 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 16554

Unique identifier UC141474

Legacy Identifier CHS-4116.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 14.0 in × 18.5 in at 300dpi
35.5 cm × 47.1 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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