California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of the courtyard and the exterior of the cloisters at Mission San Fernando, showing two adobe fountains, ca.1926

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View of the courtyard and the exterior of the cloisters at Mission San Fernando, showing two adobe fountains, ca.1926

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Photograph of a view of the courtyard and the exterior of the cloisters at Mission San Fernando, ca.1926. The courtyard is in the foreground and is full of flower bushes and trees. There is an adobe basin at center from which a two-tiered fountain rises. Also at center is a large adobe cylinder. There are two benches visible, one at left and one at right, and the one at right is occupied by a person. There is an early-model automobile parked near a gas lamp at center, and a utility pole is visible behind a tree at right. The long adobe colonnade of the cloister is visible in the background. Its roof is made from adobe tiles, and several doors and windows are visible behind the archways of the colonnade. Photoprint reads "From Memory Gardens".

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Title View of the courtyard and the exterior of the cloisters at Mission San Fernando, showing two adobe fountains, ca.1926

Subject Missions -- Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), San Fernando Rey de Espana Mission (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Mission Hills (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1926

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), 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 1926

Creator 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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m19937

Identifier 11871 (accession number), CHS-11871 (call number), CHS-11871 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-19753 (legacy record id), chs-m19937 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14083 (legacy record id), 1-130-106 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 19753

Unique identifier UC121873

Legacy Identifier CHS-11871.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.8 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 35.1 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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