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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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External front view of Mission San Juan Bautista, after partial destruction of the tower, ca.1902
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External front view of Mission San Juan Bautista, after partial destruction of the tower, ca.1902
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Photograph of the external front view of Mission San Juan Bautista, after partial destruction of the tower, ca.1902. The mission, quite flat and long, appears to be a single story building with a tower that stands at about two-stories tall. The tower (bell tower?) has arched windows and a narrow walkway that circumnavigates around it. To the left is the arcade with semi-circular arches and Spanish-style tiles. Trees cover parts of the arcade. The courtyard (foreground) appears to be dry and covered with some type of debris or rocks.; "Located in the middle of the San Juan Valley, the mission sits right on the San Andreas fault! Although its location right on the fault was less dangerous than other locations, it accounted for many shaky days and nights. In October 1798 the shaking was so bad that the missionaries slept outside for the whole month. The earth shook as many as 6 times on one day, leaving many huge cracks in both the buildings and the ground. Since the mission population was growing so quickly, when an earthquake destroyed the church in 1803 plans were already underway to build a larger church. Much of the interior was painted by Thomas Doak, a sailor from Boston who jumped ship in Monterey, thereby becoming the first Anglo-American resident in California. Although he was not a great artist, he did work for just room and board, and the colors he mixed were so durable that they continue to glow today. After secularization in 1835 the church continued to serve as a parish for the local town. After sustaining some damage from a quake in 1906, it was repaired and then suffered through some attempts at modernization. Fortunately, in 1949, the Hearst Foundation financed the restoration that restored it to its original form." -- unknown author.
Asset Metadata
Title
External front view of Mission San Juan Bautista, after partial destruction of the tower, ca.1902
Subject
Mission San Juan Bautista
(file heading),
Missions, Spanish
(lcsh),
religious facilities
(adlf),
San Juan Bautista Mission
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1902
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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
1902
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17306
Identifier
5186 (
accession number
), CHS-5186 (
call number
), CHS-5186 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-17308 (
legacy record id
), chs-m17306 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14079 (
legacy record id
), 1-136-26 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
17308
Unique identifier
UC142578
Legacy Identifier
CHS-5186.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.0 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 33.9 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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