California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Drawing by Henry Chapman Ford depicting the ruins of the Mission La Purisma Concepción at Lompoc, 1883

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Drawing by Henry Chapman Ford depicting the ruins of the Mission La Purisma Concepción at Lompoc, 1883

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Photograph of a drawing by Henry Chapman Ford depicting the ruins of the Mission La Purisma Concepción at Lompoc, 1883. Two birds fly overhead above the remaining brick walls of the mission, their roofs long since collapsed (no debris is pictured). A small shack is visible intact behind the ruins to the left. Mountains can be seen on the horizon and foliage can be seen to the left. Chapman's signature appears in the left bottom corner. In the right corner, he has written "Purissima (Old)".

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Title Drawing by Henry Chapman Ford depicting the ruins of the Mission La Purisma Concepción at Lompoc, 1883

Subject La Purisima Concepcion Mission (subject), Mission La Purisima Concepcion (file heading), Missions -- Mission La Purisima Concepcion (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1883

Type images

Format 1 microfilm frame : negative, b&w ; 35 mm.; 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), microfilms (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, Henry C. (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-m12312

Identifier 7304 (accession number), CHS-7304 (call number), CHS-7304 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11743 (legacy record id), chs-m12312 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14076 (legacy record id), 1-122-22 (microfiche number), K (microfilm reel number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11743

Unique identifier UC131802

Legacy Identifier CHS-7304.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.5 in × 12.3 in at 300dpi
41.9 cm × 31.4 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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