California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Painting of the exterior of Mission Santa Clara as of 1851

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Painting of the exterior of Mission Santa Clara as of 1851

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Photograph of a painting of the exterior of Mission Santa Clara as of 1851. The church, at right, has a tall square bell tower at it's left corner. The small yard in front of the main entry is enclosed by a low iron fence. A long low building extends as a wing from the church to the left. A few trees are visible. The foreground landscape is featureless.

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Title Painting of the exterior of Mission Santa Clara as of 1851

Subject Mission Santa Clara (subject), Mission Santa Clara de Asis (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), Santa Clara de Asis Mission (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1851

Type images

Format 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm., 16 x 21 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1851

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Contributor Miss Picher (provenance)

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-m2535

Identifier 2887 (accession number), CHS-2887 (call number), CHS-2887 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3449 (legacy record id), chs-m2535 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14096 (legacy record id), 1-144-2 (microfiche number), 1-145-2 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3449

Unique identifier UC120652

Legacy Identifier CHS-2887.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.8 in × 14.4 in at 300dpi
47.9 cm × 36.7 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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