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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Main front of Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, ca.1875-1880
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Main front of Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, ca.1875-1880
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Description
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
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)
Date Created
1875/1880
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-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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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