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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Two large mission bells hanging at eye level from a thick timber at Torin, Sonora, Mexico, ca.1900
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Two large mission bells hanging at eye level from a thick timber at Torin, Sonora, Mexico, ca.1900

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Photograph of two large mission bells hanging at eye level from a thick timber at Torin, Sonora, Mexico, ca.1900. Supported on one end by a large forked timber and on the other end by an adobe structure. Designs are visible on the bells and include a cross. A man with a moustache wearing a hat is leaning agains the forked timber at right. Behind is a low stone wall and behind that is a thatched wall. A 2-story building is visible at upper right. 
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Title Two large mission bells hanging at eye level from a thick timber at Torin, Sonora, Mexico, ca.1900 
Subject Bells  (lcsh), buildings  (lcsh), buildings  (adlf), Churches  (lcsh), Mexico -- Zacateca  (file heading), Missions -- Bells  (file heading), Missions, Spanish  (lcsh) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place Mexico (countries), Sonora (states), Torin (city or populated place) 
Temporal Subject 1900 
Type images
Format 5 photographs : glass photonegatives, photoprints, b&w ; 17 x 22 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 1900 
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-m15086 
Identifier 1538 (accession number), CHS-1538 (call number), CHS-1538 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13848 (legacy record id), chs-m15086 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14074 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14155 (legacy record id), 1-224- (microfiche number), USC (project) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 13848 
Unique identifier UC143411 
Legacy Identifier CHS-1538.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 17.0 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
43.2 cm × 33.4 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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