California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Panoramic view of Ventura showing Mission San Buenaventura, looking northeast toward the ocean, 1885

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Panoramic view of Ventura showing Mission San Buenaventura, looking northeast toward the ocean, 1885

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Photograph of panoramic view of early Ventura showing Mission San Buenaventura, from a hill behind the mission looking northeast toward the ocean, 1885. The church and bell tower of the mission is situated below the hill just before the cluster of houses (at left). To the left of the church are several smaller buildings and the mission's quadrangle. "Hill School (far right) and three hotels (across and west of the mission) are visible.

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Title Panoramic view of Ventura showing Mission San Buenaventura, looking northeast toward the ocean, 1885

Subject Adobe brick (lcsh), American Hotel (subject), Ayers family (subject), Ayers Hotel (subject), Bell towers (lcsh), Catholic Church (lcsh), Franciscans (lcsh), Hill School (subject), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Missions -- Mission San Buenaventura (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), Palace Hotel (subject), religious facilities (adlf), San Buenaventura Mission (subject), Schools (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Main Street (roadway), USA (countries), Ventura (city or populated place), Ventura (counties)

Temporal Subject 1885

Type images

Format 4 photographs : photonegatives, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 10 x 13 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 1885

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-m7084

Identifier 6049 (accession number), CHS-6049 (call number), CHS-6049 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7230 (legacy record id), chs-m7084 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-7197 (legacy record id), 1-125-32 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7230

Unique identifier UC123141

Legacy Identifier CHS-6049.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 7.5 in × 4.4 in at 300dpi
19.2 cm × 11.4 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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