California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Ruin of the church and altar at Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1901

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Ruin of the church and altar at Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1901

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Photograph of the old bell ringer (El Campanero), Don Ramon Arguello II standing (at right) by the ruin of the alter in the church of Mission San Juan Capistrano, California. He is the grandson of Don Santiago Arguello after whom San Juan was named "San Juan de Arguello" when the ex-mission was formed into a pueblo in 1841 under Mexico.; "In 1841 San Juan was formed into a regular Pueblo or town of the Mexican Republic and was officially named 'San Juan de Arguello' in honor of this man's grandfather, Don Santiago Arguello." -- A. Yorba.

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Title Ruin of the church and altar at Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1901

Subject Mission San Juan Capistrano (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), San Juan Capistrano Mission (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Orange (counties), San Juan Capistrano (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1901

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), 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 1901

Creator Friend, Hervey (photographer)

Contributor Yorba, A. (commentator)

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-m15313

Identifier 2094 (accession number), CHS-2094 (call number), CHS-2094 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-14150 (legacy record id), chs-m15313 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14088 (legacy record id), 1-137-73 (microfiche number)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 14150

Unique identifier UC143603

Legacy Identifier CHS-2094.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.0 in × 18.5 in at 300dpi
38.1 cm × 47.0 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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