California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Exterior of the Plaza Church in Los Angeles, taken by Edward Vischer, before 1875

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Exterior of the Plaza Church in Los Angeles, taken by Edward Vischer, before 1875

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Plaza Church ("Pueblo Church of Nuestra Senora de Reina de Los Angeles") in Los Angeles, taken by Edward Vischer, before 1875. The town is visible down the dirt road in the background, leading to the hills, while the church is visible to the left of the road. It is distinguished by a wrough-iron gateway which encloses its front courtyard, an arched doorway, filigree-decorated bell tower, and a number of rosetta windows. A cross extends from the top of its peaked roof. Trees are visible to the left.

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Title Exterior of the Plaza Church in Los Angeles, taken by Edward Vischer, before 1875

Creator Vischer, Edward (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1875

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1875

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (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)

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-m3838

Identifier 7238 (accession number), CHS-7238 (call number), CHS-7238 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5302 (legacy record id), chs-m3838 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-3925 (legacy record id), 1-14- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5302

Unique identifier UC119556

Legacy Identifier CHS-7238.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.2 in × 13.9 in at 300dpi
46.3 cm × 35.4 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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