California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Distant view of Mission San Luis Rey, showing the mission and its surroundings, San Diego, California, ca.1905

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Distant view of Mission San Luis Rey, showing the mission and its surroundings, San Diego, California, ca.1905

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

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Photograph of a distant view of Mission San Luis Rey, showing the mission and its surroundings, San Diego, California, ca.1905. The mission, the tallest structure in the area, is situated past several buildings. A road connects the mission to these buildings and branches out intersecting another long road. Down the main road are several houses -- towards the left and the right. Mountains are visible in the distance.; "Although the last mission to be founded in the south, San Luis Rey the 'King of the Missions' came to be the largest and richest of all. A great quadrangle was 500 feet on a side. An intricate aqueduct system supplied water for the mission and gardens as well as for pools used for bathing and laundry. In the year 1831 an incredible 16,000 cattle, 25,500 sheep and 2,150 horses graced the far-flung ranchos. 395,000 bushels of grain and 2,500 barrels of wine were produced by that same year. Mexico, once free from Spain, began to divide the spoils of the mission system. Governor Pio Pico and his brother alone appropriated 90,000 acres of Mission San Luis Rey land for themselves. By 1846 the last vestige of mission life had disappeared. Finally, the U. S. Government gathered the last of the Indians into a 'temporary' home on a reservation at Pala. They are still there, the only original site where Mission Indians are still ministered to. The original decree, signed by President Abraham Lincoln on March 18, 1861, which returned the mission buildings and a few surrounding acres to the Church, is displayed today in the mission museum. Even so, years of vandalism and neglect followed before Franciscans from Mexico returned in 1892, to begin a restoration which has recaptured much of the grandeur of old." -- unknown author.

Asset Metadata

Title Distant view of Mission San Luis Rey, showing the mission and its surroundings, San Diego, California, ca.1905

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 1905

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), 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 1905

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-m17515

Identifier 5910 (accession number), CHS-5910 (call number), CHS-5910 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17507 (legacy record id), chs-m17515 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14091 (legacy record id), 1-140-61 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17507

Unique identifier UC142659

Legacy Identifier CHS-5910.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.7 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
50.1 cm × 41.0 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

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

Date Created 1860/1960