California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Drawing by Edward Vischer of the Mission San Miguel and the ruins of the Casa Principal, ca.1864

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Drawing by Edward Vischer of the Mission San Miguel and the ruins of the Casa Principal, ca.1864

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Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of the Mission San Miguel and the ruins of the Casa Principal, ca.1864. Eight men on horseback make their way across the foreground of the image with walkers and a dog among them. In the background, the barn-style main building of the mission and its attached portico are visible. The portico itself terminates in a secondary building and a shack, which appears to be in disrepair. Other livestock are visible as well in the field in front. Text written-in below the image identifies the area and place as well as reading "(the interior yet kept in good condition)", "Sheriff and posse conducting a band of criminals towards San Luis Obispo.", "(The northrooms in 1852 the scent of the murder of the Reed family by outlaws)" and "A scene of the starvation of cattle in the summer of 1862 during the great drought.".

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Title Drawing by Edward Vischer of the Mission San Miguel and the ruins of the Casa Principal, ca.1864

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), San Luis Obispo (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1864

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 1864

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4918

Identifier 7268 (accession number), CHS-7268 (call number), CHS-7268 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25375 (legacy record id), chs-m4918 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14093 (legacy record id), 1-142-29 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25375

Unique identifier UC128689

Legacy Identifier CHS-7268.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.3 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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