California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior view of the Mission San Luis Obispo, [s.d.]

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Exterior view of the Mission San Luis Obispo, [s.d.]

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Mission San Luis Obispo, [s.d.]. A monk stands at center, at the arched entrance to a church structure topped with a cross. Beside this, at left, stands an open bell tower, also bearing a cross. At left, a long building with several chimneys extends from the main church, and another area can be seen at right, bearing a large cross on its wall. A flight of stairs leads down into the street, at center.

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Title Exterior view of the Mission San Luis Obispo, [s.d.]

Subject Missions -- Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), San Luis Obispo de Tolosa Mission (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), San Luis Obispo (city or populated place), San Luis Obispo (counties), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), 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)

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-m21339

Identifier 46670 (accession number), CHS-46670 (call number), CHS-46670 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20347 (legacy record id), chs-m21339 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14090 (legacy record id), 1-138-49 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20347

Unique identifier UC132637

Legacy Identifier CHS-46670.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.8 in × 15.8 in at 300dpi
50.4 cm × 40.3 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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