California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Drawing by Duflot de Mofra showing the plan for Mission San Luis Rey, ca.1840

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Drawing by Duflot de Mofra showing the plan for Mission San Luis Rey, ca.1840

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Photograph of a drawing by Duflot de Mofra showing the plan for Mission San Luis Rey, ca.1840. The plan shows labeled plots of the entire mission. A key and scale are provided.; Transcription: "Duflot de Mofras' plan of San Luis Rey Mission. Published for the first time in America, this plan, with the accompanying key, was originally printed in France in 1840. The granaries to which the stairways marked MM lead, naturally do not show, nor the surroundings of the main buildings and cloisters. But as a matter of fact for two hundred yards on all sides of this main group were laid out the warehouses for export stock, extensive vegetable gardens, the mission orchards, the habitations of the Indian families, their great soup kitchens, the houses of a few colonists and all the varied life and industry of a live center for agricultural and industrial activity."; Transcription of the key: "AA--outer colonnade; BB--inner cloister; CC--service headquarters; DD--patio set with trees and plants; E--fountain; F--vegetable garden; G-cemetery; JJ-the Alameda of shade trees before the mission; K--the mission church; LL--gates for the carts; MM--stairways to lofts and terrace; N--large crucifix in cemetery; 1--reception hall of mission; 2--padres' dining room; 3--office of mission; 4--kitchen of administration; 55--padres' bedroom; 66--padres' oratory; 77--headquarters of majordomo or superintendent; 88--headquarters of business manager; 99--headquarters of sergeant; 10--general kitchen of mission; 11--workshop for tailors; 12--warehouse for drygoods[sic] manufactured; 13--general warehouse; 14--wine cellar; 15--leather workers, shoemakers, saddlers and harness-makers; 16--passageways; 17--iron-workers, blacksmiths, locksmiths, etc.; 18--carpenters and joiners; 19--coopers; 20--looms and weavers; 21--tool-house and foreman's office (men's school); 22,23--instructors' quarters; 24--school-room; 25--girls' workshop; 26--store-room for linen, cotton and hemp; 27--looms for women; 28--spinning wheels, etc.; 29--carders' work-room; 30--tool-house (women's school); 31--office of superintendent women workers; 32--pharmacy; 33--men's infirmary; 34--chapel for the sick of the infirmary; 35--women's infirmary; 36--children's infirmary and nurses' quarters; 37--school of music; 38--small chapel; 39--sacristy of church; 40--stairways to belfrys[sic]; 41--baptismal fonts".

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Title Drawing by Duflot de Mofra showing the plan for Mission San Luis Rey, ca.1840

Subject Missions -- Mission San Luis Rey de Francia (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), San Luis Rey de Francia Mission (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1840

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), architectural drawings (aat), 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 1840

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-m17728

Identifier 6203 (accession number), CHS-6203 (call number), CHS-6203 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17715 (legacy record id), chs-m17728 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14091 (legacy record id), 1-140-65 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17715

Unique identifier UC142671

Legacy Identifier CHS-6203.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.9 in × 19.6 in at 300dpi
40.4 cm × 49.9 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

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

Date Created 1860/1960

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

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