California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior view of Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, ca.1910

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Exterior view of Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, ca.1910

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Photograph of the exterior view of Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, ca.1910. The Moorish-style building is about two-story tall. A cornice, about one story from the ground, runs around the church and its tower, curving at the façade of the church to form a curved gable. To the right of the arched doorway entrance is the bulbous bell tower. There are crosses at the apex of the roof proper as well as on top of the bell tower.; "San Carlos Borromeo is believed by many to be the most beautiful of all California missions. It is here that Fr. Serra made his headquarters for his California missionary work, and where he was buried upon his death in 1784. A year after its founding, the mission was moved from Monterey to a beautiful site in Carmel Valley. The Monterey site was not only inadequate for growing crops, it was a long way from where the Native Americans resided. Fr. Serra was buried in the sanctuary beside the alter in the adobe church next to his longtime friend Fr. Crespi. A few years later the current large stone church was built around the small adobe church. In 1803, upon the death of Fr. Lasuen, Fr. Serra's successor, he too was buried in the stone church. When secularization occurred in 1834 all of the mission lands, except the church site, were sold to private parties. The great stone mission church was abandoned and for 30 years stood roofless after its collapse in 1851. Enough money was eventually raised in 1884 to build a new roof, but the steep pitch was out of place with the original design. The latest restoration, begun in the 1930's, has restored a more suitable roof, and is believed to be the most authentic restoration in the entire mission chain." -- unknown author.

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Title Exterior view of Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, ca.1910

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), Monterey (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1910

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (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 1910

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-m17517

Identifier 5913 (accession number), CHS-5913 (call number), CHS-5913 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17509 (legacy record id), chs-m17517 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14075 (legacy record id), 1-127-30 (microfiche number), 1-127-36 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17509

Unique identifier UC142842

Legacy Identifier CHS-5913.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.5 in × 16.9 in at 300dpi
34.2 cm × 43.0 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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