California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior view of the Los Angeles Mission's Plaza Church, ca.1889

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Exterior view of the Los Angeles Mission's Plaza Church, ca.1889

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Los Angeles Mission's Plaza Church, ca.1889. The modest, two-story brick church stands to the left of center. Its doors are visible through an arched entranceway. Its bell tower is attached to the left side of the roof and appears to be something very similar to a gazebo in construction. Several porthole windows are installed in the building's upper levels, while a cross stands at the peak of the roof. A rancher-style house is visible behind a picket fence and a tree to the right, while a second, large home can be seen in the left distance on a hill, behind a brick wall. The road in front is unpaved. Two men stand under the shade of the tree, conversing.

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Title Exterior view of the Los Angeles Mission's Plaza Church, ca.1889

Subject Churches, Catholic (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Plaza #4 -- Architecture -- Churches -- Plaza Church -- 1 of 2 (file heading), Plaza Church (subject), Plazas (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Main Street (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1894/1904

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (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 1894/1904

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-m3844

Identifier 7611 (accession number), CHS-7611 (call number), CHS-7611 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5607 (legacy record id), chs-m3844 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-3931 (legacy record id), 1-14- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5607

Unique identifier UC119632

Legacy Identifier CHS-7611.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.5 in × 12.2 in at 300dpi
47.2 cm × 31.0 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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