Mission San Juan Capistrano, showing ruined altar of ancient stone church, California, 1901

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Title Mission San Juan Capistrano, showing ruined altar of ancient stone church, California, 1901

Description Photograph of Mission San Juan Capistrano, showing ruined altar of ancient stone church, California, 1901. In the extreme foreground at center, weeds cover the ground of the interior of the ruined church. During the earthquake, the bell tower fell upon the worshippers in this area. In the background at center, a large domed opening can be seen with small steps at its base. Around the opening, cracked columns and deteriorating walls are visible. A man is seen standing at left near a stone wall.

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

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1901

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

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1901

Type images

Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 26 x 21 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)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15310

Identifier 2091 (accession number), CHS-2091 (call number), CHS-2091 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-14498 (legacy record id), chs-m15310 (legacy record id), 1-137-71 (microfiche number)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 14498

Unique identifier UC143581

Legacy Identifier CHS-2091.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.0 in × 18.7 in at 300dpi
38.1 cm × 47.7 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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