California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Altar boys and priests standing in front of the Plaza Church altar, Los Angeles, November 20, 1900

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Altar boys and priests standing in front of the Plaza Church altar, Los Angeles, November 20, 1900

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Photograph of altar boys and priests standing in front of the Plaza Church altar, Los Angeles, November 20, 1900. Fifteen young boys and three priests can be seen lined up at center. A balustrade is visible in the foreground, while a highly decorated altar can be seen in the background.

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Title Altar boys and priests standing in front of the Plaza Church altar, Los Angeles, November 20, 1900

Subject Acolytes (lcsh), Associations, institutions, etc. (lcsh), Catholic Church (lcsh), Churches, Catholic (lcsh), Los Angeles City -- Plaza -- Architecture -- Churches -- Plaza Church (file heading), Los Angeles Plaza Church (subject), Monasticism and religious orders (lcsh), Plaza Church (subject), Religious and ecclesiastical institutions (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1900-11-20

Type images

Format 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1900-11-20

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-m3878

Identifier 2037 (accession number), CHS-2037 (call number), CHS-2037 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5689 (legacy record id), chs-m3878 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-3966 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-4932 (legacy record id), 1-14- (microfiche number), BIBLA (project), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5689

Unique identifier UC119201

Legacy Identifier CHS-2037.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.0 in × 14.9 in at 300dpi
48.2 cm × 38.0 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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