California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

General view of Mission San Carlos del Carmelo, from the east, 1903

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General view of Mission San Carlos del Carmelo, from the east, 1903

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Photograph of a general view of Mission San Carlos del Carmelo, from the east, 1903. The main arched entryway is flanked by two square towers. The larger one at left is topped by a dome. A wood and wire fence runs along the road at left which curves toward the church. Some other much smaller structures are visible in the distance at left and even further in the distance at right. The Pacific Ocean(?) is visible in the distance at right.

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Title General view of Mission San Carlos del Carmelo, from the east, 1903

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

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1903

Subject Carmel Mission (subject), Mission Carmel (subject), Mission Carmel -- San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (file heading), Missions -- Mission Carmel (San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo) (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Carmel (city or populated place), Monterey (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1903

Type images

Format 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm., 21 x 26 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)

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-m15491

Identifier 2549 (accession number), CHS-2549 (call number), CHS-2549 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-14768 (legacy record id), chs-m15491 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14075 (legacy record id), 1-127-12 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 14768

Unique identifier UC143869

Legacy Identifier CHS-2549.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.0 in × 14.4 in at 300dpi
48.4 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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