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Sketch of the front exterior view of Mission San Diego Alcala, by Cave Couts, ca.1846
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Sketch of the front exterior view of Mission San Diego Alcala, by Cave Couts, ca.1846
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Description
Photograph of a sketch of the front exterior view of Mission San Diego Alcala, by Cave Couts, ca.1846. Three large arched doorways allow entrance into the church. Above it is a multicurved parapet with an arched window. On the left corner of the church is a multi-tiered bell tower. To the right of the entrance is a long arcade. Two horsemen are galloping close to the shack (or outhouse?) in front of the mission. "Mission as sketched by Cave Couts, ca.1850. Probably copied from Powell sketch, from Fabricas" -- unknown author.
Asset Metadata
Title
Sketch of the front exterior view of Mission San Diego Alcala, by Cave Couts, ca.1846
Subject
Bells
(lcsh),
Missions -- Mission San Diego Alcala
(file heading),
Missions, Spanish
(lcsh),
religious facilities
(adlf),
San Diego Alcala Mission
(subject),
Views
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
San Diego
(city or populated place),
San Diego
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1846
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
art
(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
1846
Creator
Couts, Cave
(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.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17512
Identifier
5905 (
accession number
), CHS-5905 (
call number
), CHS-5905 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-17504 (
legacy record id
), chs-m17512 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14081 (
legacy record id
), 1-124-23 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
17504
Unique identifier
UC142797
Legacy Identifier
CHS-5905.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.0 in × 13.8 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 35.0 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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