California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

The Indian's tilma which hangs over the altar at the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico, ca.1900

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The Indian's tilma which hangs over the altar at the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico, ca.1900

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Photograph of the Indian's tilma which hangs over the altar at the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico, ca.1900. It is a painting of the full figure of the standing Virgin Mary with her hands templed in prayer and her head bowed. She is surrounded by rays of light. It has been worshipped since the 16th century. This image is from photograph of an original negative made from the true picture by Dr. G. d'Arcais, an Italian nobleman, who secured permission from the Bishop after much official intercession.; "Mexican pilgrims visit shrine -- Homage to Patron Saint paid by 100,000 in Annual Excursion. Mexico City, Dec. 12 (UP) -- One hundred thousand pilgrims representing the highest strata of Mexican life as well as the humblest peons and Indians, paid homage today at the shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico's patron on the occasion of the annual pilgrimage to the shrine. Special excursions arrived hourly from all sections, unloading throngs of pilgrims who crawl on the hands and knees over the last 100 yards to the 340-year old shrine. Catholic churches in the city conducted hourly masses, the government refraining from enforcing the limit on the number of open churches under the religious laws. Business houses, banks and offices were closed." -- Newspaper clipping [s.a.].

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Title The Indian's tilma which hangs over the altar at the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico, ca.1900

Subject Antiquities (lcsh), Mexico -- Artifacts (file heading), religious facilities (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Mexico (countries), Mexico City (city or populated place)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm., 26 x 21 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-m14586

Identifier 689 (accession number), CHS-689 (call number), CHS-689 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-15225 (legacy record id), chs-m14586 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14122 (legacy record id), 1-224- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 15225

Unique identifier UC143287

Legacy Identifier CHS-689.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 8.2 in × 10.3 in at 300dpi
20.8 cm × 26.3 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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