California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Drawing of Mission San Gabriel Archangel by Henry Chapman Ford, ca.1883

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Drawing of Mission San Gabriel Archangel by Henry Chapman Ford, ca.1883

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Photograph of a drawing of Mission San Gabriel Archangel by Henry Chapman Ford, ca.1883. Four bells are visible in the six niches of the bell tower atop of which is perched a cross at left. A line of ten buttresses support the tall thick walls of the church at right.; "The fourth of the California missions, San Gabriel Arcángel, had three sites. The place proposed originally was well inland from the ocean on the river now called Santa Ana. After arriving there, the founders decided to look for a better location. Moving overland, they crossed the San Gabriel River, and on September 8, 1771, founded the mission near the present city of Montebello. Five years later they had found an even better site five miles closer to the mountains, and moved the mission to its present location in 1776. On that fertile plain San Gabriel became the wealthiest of all the early missions. Construction of the buildings seen today began in 1796. An event of great importance occurred in 1781, when a little party of two padres, several Indian acolytes, and eleven families marched nine miles westward to found El Pueblo de Nuestra la Reina de Los Angeles (the City of our Lady Queen of the Angels) Los Angeles, magic city of the Southland. San Gabriel suffered through the usual problems with greedy politicians and land-hungry colonists in this most favored of all southern California locations." -- unknown author (part 1 of 2).; "With the Mexican decrees of secularization, the civilians had won. Mission San Gabriel was turned over to a civil administrator in 1834. Within ten years everything of any value had been removed. As usual, the ubiquitous Pio Pico was involved, but his sale of mission property to a friend was halted by the arrival of U. S. troops. The church at old Mission San Gabriel was heavily damaged by the Whittier earthquake. Now the damage has been repaired and the entire structure strengthened. Other areas are continually being restored. The church is open to the public, and the ancient cemetery, the cactus garden, and much of historical interest may be seen on the grounds. Today San Gabriel possesses perhaps the finest collection of mission relics in existence. Its hammered copper baptismal font was the gift of King Carlos III of Spain in 1771. The six priceless altar statues were brought around the Horn (Cape Horn) from Spain in 1791." -- unknown author (part 2 of 2).

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Title Drawing of Mission San Gabriel Archangel by Henry Chapman Ford, ca.1883

Subject Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), San Gabriel Mission (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), San Gabriel (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1883

Type images

Format 1 microfilm frame : negative, b&w ; 35 mm.; 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 25 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), microfilms (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 1883

Creator Ford, H.C. (artist)

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-m8001

Identifier 5742 (accession number), CHS-5742 (call number), CHS-5742 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8328 (legacy record id), chs-m8001 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-8133 (legacy record id), 1-133-60 (microfiche number), H (microfilm reel number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8328

Unique identifier UC126298

Legacy Identifier CHS-5742.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.5 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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