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Drawing of San Antonio de Padua Mission, by Henry Chapman Ford, ca.1883
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Drawing of San Antonio de Padua Mission, by Henry Chapman Ford, ca.1883
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Photograph of a drawing of San Antonio de Padua Mission, by Henry Chapman Ford, ca.1883. The mission stands about two to three-stories tall. The façade features three arched openings made to look like a belfry. A bell sits in each of the openings. To the left of the façade is an arcade. Several smaller buildings are located to the right of the mission. Photoprint reads "Ford etching as of 1870".; "Due to the location of the rugged Santa Lucia Mountains, which tumble down to the sea in central California, the overland route between San Diego and the second mission at Carmel turned inland the latter half of the journey. Thus Father Serra chose an oak-studded valley east of the mountains for the site of his third mission. A bronze bell carried by a mule to that beautiful place was hung from a tree branch and Serra tolled it with vigor while shouting for the "gentiles" to come and receive the faith. When reminded that not a single gentile was in sight, Serra replied he hoped the bell could be heard around the world. So it was that the San Antonio Mission was founded on July 14, 1771. The mission grew slowly but steadily. In addition to the church and a huge quadrangle there was a gristmill and an extensive irrigation system, along with many other evidences of prosperity. Yet the Indian population dwindled because of disease even before secularization. Eventually the mission was abandoned. An antique dealer stripped off the roof tiles, which after were used on a railroad station. An earthquake left standing only the walls and brick facade of the church, plus a few lonely arches. San Antonio is unique in that its locale remains as it was originally. The Franciscans returned and began to rebuild in the 1940s, working by hand as did the first builders. Now San Antonio lives again." -- unknown author.
Asset Metadata
Title
Drawing of San Antonio de Padua Mission, by Henry Chapman Ford, ca.1883
Subject
Churches
(lcsh),
Missions -- Mission San Antonio de Padua
(file heading),
Missions, Spanish
(lcsh),
religious facilities
(adlf),
San Antonio de Padua Mission
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1883
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
art
(aat),
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
1883
Creator
Ford, H.C.
(artist)
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-m17475
Identifier
5746 (
accession number
), CHS-5746 (
call number
), CHS-5746 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-17468 (
legacy record id
), chs-m17475 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14078 (
legacy record id
), 1-124-41 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
17468
Unique identifier
UC142510
Legacy Identifier
CHS-5746.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.7 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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