Exterior view of a girls' school in Mexico, ca.1900

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Title Exterior view of a girls' school in Mexico, ca.1900

Description Photograph of an exterior view of a girls' school in Mexico, ca.1900. The "Esquela de niñas" was founded in 1891 according the date printed over the main door of the 1-story blocky building. There is a domed clock ("6:55") tower over the entry. The front of the school is enclosed by a fence. About a dozen little girls move about in the dirt street in front. A wagon is visible at left beside the school.

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1900

Subject Children (lcsh), educational facilities (adlf), Mexico -- General (file heading), Schools (lcsh)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Mexico (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, 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)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15065

Identifier 1513 (accession number), CHS-1513 (call number), CHS-1513 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13818 (legacy record id), chs-m15065 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14140 (legacy record id), 1-224- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13818

Unique identifier UC143444

Legacy Identifier CHS-1513.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.9 in × 13.0 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 33.1 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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