California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting a cavalcade in front of the Mission San Juan Buenaventura, May, 1865

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Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting a cavalcade in front of the Mission San Juan Buenaventura, May, 1865

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Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer depicting a cavalcade in front of the Mission San Juan Buenaventura, May, 1865. A group of three horsemen make their way down a dirt path in the foreground, while two other drive cattle and horses further down. The mission and its bell tower are visible at the foot of the hills which come in from the right in the distance. Text written-in below the caption identifies the area and also reads "Founded 1782", "A Cavalcade of the Good Olden Times", and "F.G. Becher and Alfred Robinson, on a trip northward with vaqueros and pemonta(?) from Miss. [...]".

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Title Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting a cavalcade in front of the Mission San Juan Buenaventura, May, 1865

Subject Art -- Vischer, Edward (file heading), Becher, F.G. (subject), Bell towers (lcsh), Catholic Church (lcsh), Churches, Catholic (lcsh), Franciscans (lcsh), Mission San Buenaventura (subject), Missions -- Mission San Buenaventura (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), Robinson, Alfred (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1865-05

Type images

Format 2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, 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 1865-05

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-m7222

Identifier 7260 (accession number), CHS-7260 (call number), CHS-7260 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7362 (legacy record id), chs-m7222 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13128 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-7349 (legacy record id), 1-125-38 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7362

Unique identifier UC123082

Legacy Identifier CHS-7260.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.2 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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