California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Ancient baptismal font at Mission Asistencia of San Antonio at Pala, ca.1900

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Ancient baptismal font at Mission Asistencia of San Antonio at Pala, ca.1900

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Photograph of the ancient baptismal font at Mission Asistencia of San Antonio at Pala, ca.1900. The font resides in a groove cut into the wall. The pictures painted on the wall depict gravestones, a book, an arch, and corridor arches. The adobe (or brick?) floor is uneven and cracking.; "Mission San Antonio De Pala was founded by Father Antonio Peyri OFM on June 13th, 1816. It is the only one of the original Spanish California Missions to survive in its purpose of service to the Native American Indians. The Mission at Pala was built as an "assistencia" to the larger Mission at San Luis Ray - (west of Pala on Highway 76). After Mexico received independence from Spain in 1834, the California Missions continued to be ad-ministered by the founders, the Franciscan Friars. Because the Mission lands were among the most valuable in California, they were secularized and confiscated by the Mexican Government in 1835. Many Mexican landowners acquired the Mission lands for themselves. The Indian population refused to be exploited and the Mission 'ranchos' generally fell into decay." -- unknown author.

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Title Ancient baptismal font at Mission Asistencia of San Antonio at Pala, ca.1900

Subject Architecture (lcsh), Asistencia of San Antonio at Pala Mission (subject), Missions -- Mission Asistencia of San Antonio at Pala (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Pala (city or populated place), San Diego (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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 1900

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17732

Identifier 6207 (accession number), CHS-6207 (call number), CHS-6207 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17719 (legacy record id), chs-m17732 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14077 (legacy record id), 1-141-31 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17719

Unique identifier UC142767

Legacy Identifier CHS-6207.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 14.1 in × 17.9 in at 300dpi
36.0 cm × 45.4 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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