California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Church of Saint Thomas in Yuma, Arizona on the site of Fort Yuma, ca.1912

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Church of Saint Thomas in Yuma, Arizona on the site of Fort Yuma, ca.1912

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Photograph of the Church of Saint Thomas in Yuma, Arizona on the site of Fort Yuma, ca.1912. To the right the main building of the church is visible. Its two tiers, the first of which is a covered walkway leading to the church entrance, are topped by unadorned crosses. The main window, a slatted porthole above the entrance, is bordered by a design that terminates in a topping cross. Beside the main building a small bell tower with a tapering design and terminal dome is also topped by a cross. To the left of this is a statue of Padre Garces, who gave the name to the Colorado River and was killed by the Yuma Indians on July 17th, 1786. The statue is of a central figure holding a staff topped by a cross. At his feet are what appear to be a Native American to his left and a child to his right. For portait of Padre Garces, see USC-1-1-1-13821.

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Title Church of Saint Thomas in Yuma, Arizona on the site of Fort Yuma, ca.1912

Subject Church of St. Thomas (subject), Churches (lcsh), Fort Yuma (subject), Imperial County -- General (file heading), religious facilities (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Arizona (states), USA (countries), Yuma (city or populated place), Yuma (counties)

Temporal Subject 1912

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (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 1912

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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7047

Identifier 6282 (accession number), CHS-6282 (call number), CHS-6282 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7195 (legacy record id), chs-m7047 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-7162 (legacy record id), 1-219- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7195

Unique identifier UC123062

Legacy Identifier CHS-6282.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.9 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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