California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting Mexican vaqueros in the ruins of Mission San Margarita, ca.1864

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Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting Mexican vaqueros in the ruins of Mission San Margarita, ca.1864

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Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer depicting Mexican vaqueros in the ruins of Mission San Margarita, ca.1864. At center, a vaquero tends his horse, which dwarfs him, while two others situate themselves in the ruins to the right, preparing for a rodeo. Fallen support beams and piled debris fill the court made by the adobe mission buildings. Text written-in below the image identifies the site. More text is written as part of the image.; The in-image text reads: "Casa de St. Margarita Description. It was divided into store-rooms for different kinds of grains and apartments for the accommodation of the majordomo servants and wayfarers. At one end there was the chapel and [...] lodging rooms for the priest, who needed to stay here during harvest time and the holy priests [...] the friars [...] missions (San Miguesl and San Luis Obispo) occasionally met there, to acknowledge each other their sins.", and "Alfred Robinson's 'Life in California', page 82".

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Title Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting Mexican vaqueros in the ruins of Mission San Margarita, ca.1864

Subject Art -- Vischer, Edward (file heading), Cowboys (lcsh), Mexicans (lcsh), Mission San Miguel Arcangel (Santa Margarita Asistencia) (file heading), Missions -- Mission Santa Margarita Asistencia (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), Rodeos (lcsh), Santa Margarita Asistencia Mission (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), San Luis Obispo (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1864

Type images

Format 3 photographs : transparency, photoprints, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat), transparencies (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 1864

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (illustrator), 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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12981

Identifier 7270 (accession number), CHS-7270 (call number), CHS-7270 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12427 (legacy record id), chs-m12981 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13133 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14092 (legacy record id), 1-139-15 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12427

Unique identifier UC133735

Legacy Identifier CHS-7270.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 33.8 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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