California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Drawing of San Francisco Solano de Sonoma Mission, by Henry Chapman Ford, ca.1883

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Drawing of San Francisco Solano de Sonoma Mission, by Henry Chapman Ford, ca.1883

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Photograph of a drawing of San Francisco Solano de Sonoma Mission, by Henry Chapman Ford, ca.1883. The mission, situated near the base of a mountain range, features an arcade (at right), plain walls with arched windows, and a cross sitting on the peak of the inclined roof. Several building are visible in the background.; "Discouraged by declining opportunity at Dolores, a zealous young padre founded Mission San Francisco de Solano, at Sonoma, on July 4, 1823, without the knowledge of his superiors. He was encouraged by the governor, who wanted a buffer between the prosperous Bay Area settlements and the Russians, who had advanced down the California coast as far as Fort Ross. Actually, the Russian fur traders turned out to be quite friendly, donating many useful things to the new mission including the bells. Several hundred Indian neophytes from Dolores followed the Franciscans to Sonoma, but the mission prospered only briefly. The ambitious padre intended to dismantle Mission Dolores and move everything to the new San Francisco of the North. After acrimonious debate, a compromise was reached which allowed both the new mission and Dolores to continue in their separate courses. But the copious gifts from sister missions which usually arrived to start a new mission on its way failed to reach Sonoma. Help came from an unexpected source. The Russian fur traders proved to be friendly, sharing their supplies and donating Russian-designed bells. General Mariano Vallejo plundered Sonoma after secularization, along with San Rafael. He stated publicly that he was acting for the benefit of the Indians, but he never allowed the official appraiser to enter the property. After serving many years as a parish church the old mission finally was abandoned. Today the mission and a part of the town square at Sonoma have been restored as a California State Historic Park." -- unknown author.

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Title Drawing of San Francisco Solano de Sonoma Mission, by Henry Chapman Ford, ca.1883

Subject Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), San Francisco Solano de Sonoma Mission (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Solano (city or populated place), Solano (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1883

Type images

Format 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1883

Creator Ford, H.C. (artist), 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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17474

Identifier 5745 (accession number), CHS-5745 (call number), CHS-5745 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17467 (legacy record id), chs-m17474 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14085 (legacy record id), 1-132-13 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17467

Unique identifier UC142491

Legacy Identifier CHS-5745.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.8 cm at 300dpi

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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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