Exterior view of San Miguel Mission in Santa Fe, New Mexico, ca.1875

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Photograph of the exterior view of San Miguel Mission in Santa Fe, New Mexico, ca.1875. It is regarded as the oldest church in the United States because it was built by Tlaxcalan Indians who came to New Mexico with the early Spanish conquistadors. The three-story mission is in dilapidated condition. The adobe walls are deteriorating, and the roof is almost non-existent. A fence, wall, and other building can be seen at left. Piles of dirt are visible in the foreground.; Picture file card reads: "Oldest church in U.S., built 1541, as it was up to 1872. The San Miguel bell was in the tower up to that year, as old photographs prove. The upper portion of the triple tower fell in 1872, but was rebuilt in 1888. The old church is built of large sun-dried bricks; the walls, which are covered with a layer of mud, both inside and outside, are from three to five feet thick."; "The Mission of San Miguel of Santa Fe is one of the country's oldest churches. It began in 1610, and although records of its early history were burned during the Rebellion of 1680, the thick, sturdy adobe walls remained unharmed. Stone buttresses later were added to strengthen the walls, remodeled tower and modern facade. A bell cast in Spain in 1356 is displayed in an anteroom. It was used in churches in Spain and Mexico before being brought to Santa Fe by oxcart in the early 19th century. Priceless ornaments and paintings adorn the interior of the mission." -- unknown author.

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Title Exterior view of San Miguel Mission in Santa Fe, New Mexico, ca.1875

Subject Architecture, Spanish colonial (lcsh), Churches (lcsh), Dwellings (lcsh), Indians -- Pueblo -- New Mexico (file heading), Indians -- Pueblo -- Pueblo villages, New Mexico (file heading), Indians of North America (lcsh), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), New Mexico (file heading), Pueblo Indians (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Barrio Analco (city or populated place), New Mexico (states), Santa Fe (city or populated place), Santa Fe (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1875

Type images

Format 4 photographs : photoprints, b&w ; 20 x 25 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 1875

Creator C.C. Pierce & Co. (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-m4414

Identifier 6187 (accession number), CHS-6187 (call number), CHS-6187 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4823 (legacy record id), chs-m4414 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13971 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14102 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-4510 (legacy record id), 1-6-64 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4823

Unique identifier UC119983

Legacy Identifier CHS-6187.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.9 in × 14.7 in at 300dpi
48.0 cm × 37.3 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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