California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Drawing by Alexander F. Harmer of a Mission Indian band at Mission Santa Barbara, ca.1898-1900

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Drawing by Alexander F. Harmer of a Mission Indian band at Mission Santa Barbara, ca.1898-1900

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Photograph of a drawing by Alexander F. Harmer of a Mission Indian band at Mission Santa Barbara, ca.1898-1900. A group of at least thirty Indians can be seen, each playing an instrument. A variety of instruments are represented including drums, horns, and violins. At center, a monk wearing a Franciscan habit stands in front of a stand with music sheets facing the group of Indians. He holds a small baton in his right hand. The large group is situated in an exterior corridor with arches at right and barred windows at left.

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Title Drawing by Alexander F. Harmer of a Mission Indian band at Mission Santa Barbara, ca.1898-1900

Subject Bands (Music) (lcsh), Catholic Church -- Clergy (lcsh), Franciscans (lcsh), Indians of North America (lcsh), Mission Santa Barbara (subject), Mission Santa Barbara (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Santa Barbara (city or populated place), Santa Barbara (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1898/1900

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm., 17 x 22 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), negatives (photographic) (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 1898/1900

Creator Harmer, Alexander F. (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-m2626

Identifier 2902 (accession number), CHS-2902 (call number), CHS-2902 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3538 (legacy record id), chs-m2626 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-2689 (legacy record id), 1-144-66 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3538

Unique identifier UC120819

Legacy Identifier CHS-2902.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 10.2 in × 8.0 in at 300dpi
25.9 cm × 20.4 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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