Main front of Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, ca.1875-1880

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Photograph of the main front of Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, ca.1875-1880. A broad set of stairs leads up to the entrance. The mission is situated on an area elevated from the level of the street and sidewalk in front of it. A stone or concrete balustrade runs along the top of the low stone wall which separates the mission from the street. A huge tree dominates the area in front of the main entry. A cross is perched at the peak of the roof. Legible engraving includes: "Est."..., "Reparata MDCCCLXVII".

Asset Metadata

Title Main front of Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, ca.1875-1880

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

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1875/1880

Subject Missions -- Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), San Luis Obispo de Tolosa Mission (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), San Luis Obispo (city or populated place), San Luis Obispo (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1875/1880

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 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-m14755

Identifier 971 (accession number), CHS-971 (call number), CHS-971 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-15377 (legacy record id), chs-m14755 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14090 (legacy record id), 1-138-3 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 15377

Unique identifier UC143806

Legacy Identifier CHS-971.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.3 in × 11.1 in at 300dpi
46.5 cm × 28.2 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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