California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the Franciscan Old Mission Church at Mission San Buenaventura, 1865

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Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the Franciscan Old Mission Church at Mission San Buenaventura, 1865

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Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the Franciscan Old Mission Church at Mission San Buenaventura, 1865. In the foreground a man and a woman ride a horse while two women stand on the path to the church nearby whose roof is covered by terracotta tiles. Two other figures stand near the main entry to the church while a bell tower stands tall between the church and the lower building, a covered porch to the right of it. Trees grow in front of the mission and behind a wall at left. The text below the image reads: "The Franciscan old Mission church of San Buenaventura and the parish church of the Catholics".

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Title Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the Franciscan Old Mission Church at Mission San Buenaventura, 1865

Subject Adobe brick (lcsh), Art -- Vischer, Edward (file heading), Bell towers (lcsh), Missions -- Mission San Buenaventura (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), San Buenaventura Mission (subject), Vischer, Edward (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1865

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), 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 1865

Creator Vischer, Edward (illustrator)

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-m7096

Identifier 2983; 7210 (accession number), CHS-2983 (call number), CHS-7210 (call number), CHS-2983 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7241 (legacy record id), chs-m7096 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13127 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-7209 (legacy record id), 1-125-36 (microfiche number), 1-189- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7241

Unique identifier UC123087

Legacy Identifier CHS-2983.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.0 in × 12.6 in at 300dpi
45.7 cm × 32.2 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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