California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Interior view of Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona, ca.1900

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Interior view of Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona, ca.1900

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Photograph of the altar inside the church of Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona, ca.1900. Highly decorated square pillars rise to form arches which support the ceiling which is painted with figures. Several pews stand on the floor front of the balustrade separating the raised altar from the rest of the church at right. The altar itself is surrounded by ornate carvings, metalwork, and statuary. Statues sit in recessed in the walls and pillers. The carved wooden pulpit sticks out from the wall (not visible) at right.

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Title Interior view of Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona, ca.1900

Subject Arizona -- San Xavier del Baco (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), San Xavier del Bac Mission (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Arizona (states), Pima (counties), Tucson (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photoprints, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm., 22 x 17 cm. (aacr2), 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 1900

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

Contributor Jackson, Grant (donor)

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-m15769

Identifier 2958 (accession number), CHS-2958 (call number), CHS-2958 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-14510 (legacy record id), chs-m15769 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14101 (legacy record id), 1-151- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 14510

Unique identifier UC144112

Legacy Identifier CHS-2958.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.8 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
32.6 cm × 41.3 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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