California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

General view of the front of Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona, ca.1905

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General view of the front of Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona, ca.1905

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Photograph of Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona, ca.1905. Front of the mission. Two bell towers flank the main entry. The one on the left is stuccoed and has bells in it. The one on the right is bare brick and has no bells in it. Ornate stone carvings surround the entry and the balcony and door immediatly above. Four statues of stone figures are set in the wall around the entry. There are balustrades in front of some of the second story doors. A dome is visible toward the back of the church. A low flat roofed building with 3 windows and a door is connected to the church at right. Two men stand in the dirt road in front of the mission near a series of fence posts.

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Title General view of the front of Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona, ca.1905

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 1905

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 1905

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-m15768

Identifier 2957 (accession number), CHS-2957 (call number), CHS-2957 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-14854 (legacy record id), chs-m15768 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14101 (legacy record id), 1-151- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 14854

Unique identifier UC144110

Legacy Identifier CHS-2957.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.5 in × 16.7 in at 300dpi
31.8 cm × 42.4 cm at 300dpi

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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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